Biofouling

This comprehensive book covers in detail the processes involved in marine and freshwater biofouling, biofouling processes with industrial implications, current legislation of relevance to biofouling issues and methods for the measurement of biofouling. The book also discusses future prospects including in depth coverage of the changes anticipated in biofouling worldwide due to global climate change, and likely future directions in antifouling research, technology and legislation. "Biofouling (the colonisation of an interface by a diverse array of organisms) is almost always a problem where it occurs, as it negatively affects surfaces, the materials that they are made from and the structures that they form, and can even destroy them. his comprehensive book covers in detail in its first section the processes involved in marine , freshwater and medical biofouling including coverage of settlement by larvae and spores, biofouling community processes, epibiosis (biofouling on living organisms) and microbial fouling, including biofilms deleterious to human health. The book's second section, encompassing biofouling processes with industrial implications, includes coverage of biofouling on artificial substrata, paints and coatings technology for the control of marine biofouling, biofouling and antifouling in the maritime industries, such as shipping, offshore oil , and aquaculture, and in power stations and other industries. The impacts of both biofouling and biofouling control and details of current legislation of relevance to biofouling issues are fully covered. The book's final section looks at methods for the measurement of biofouling, and future prospects for biofouling, including in-depth coverage of the changes anticipated in biofouling worldwide due to global climate change, and likely future directions in antifouling research, technology and legislation. iofouling, which includes contributions from many international experts, is an essential reference for all those working in the antifouling industry including those involved in formulation of antifouling products such as paints and other coatings. Aquatic biologists, ecologists, environmental scientists and lawyers, marine engineers, aquaculture personnel, chemists, and medical researchers will all find much of interest within this book. All universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught should have copies of this important work on their shelves." -- Publisher's website Reproduction and larvae/spore types / Jon N. Havenhand and Craig A. Styan Larval supply and dispersal / Christopher D. McQuaid and Karen Miller Settlement and behaviour of marine fouling organisms / Gabrielle S. Prendergast Succession on hard substrata / Stuart R. Jenkins and Gustavo M. Martins Patterns of fouling on a global scale / João Canning-Clode and Martin Wahl Biofouling patterns with depth / Phillip R. Cowie Epibiosis / Martin Wahl Natural control of fouling / Rocky de Nys, Jana Guenther and Maria J. Uriz Marine biofilms / Sergey Dobretsov Freshwater biofilms / Anna M. Romaní Biofilms in medicine / Dave A. Spratt, Derren Ready and Jonathan Pratten Fouling on artificial substrata / Antonio Terlizzi and Marco Faimali Paint and coatings technology for the control of marine fouling / Alistair A. Finnie and David N. Williams Fouling on shipping: data-mining the world's largest antifouling archive / Jeremy C. Thomason Consequences of fouling on shipping / Robert Edyvean Consequences of antifouling coatings / Dickon Howell and Brigitte Behrends Consequences of antifouling systems / Cato C. ten Hallers-Tjabbes and Simon Walmsley Fouling and antifouling in oil and other offshore industries / Henry M. Page, Jenifer E. Dugan and Fred Piltz Biofouling and antifouling in aquaculture / Simone Dürr and Douglas I. Watson Fouling and antifouling in other industries / Peter Henderson Regulation of marine antifouling in international and EC law / Ilona Cheyne Techniques for the quantification of biofouling / Alan J. Butler ... [et al.] Biofouling and climate change / Elvira S. Poloczanska and Alan J. Butler Biofouling invasions / John A. Lewis and Ashley D. M. Coutts New directions in antifouling technology / Dean C. Webster and Bret J. Chisholm Implications of international and European regulatory developments for marine antifouling / Ilona Cheyne Research on practical environmentally benign antifouling coatings / Dan Rittschof. Biofouling (the colonisation of an interface by a diverse array of organisms) is almost always a problem where it occurs, as it negatively affects surfaces, the materials that they are made from and the structures that they form, and can even destroy them.This comprehensive book covers in detail in its first section the processes involved in marine , freshwater and medical biofouling including coverage of settlement by larvae and spores, biofouling community processes, epibiosis (biofouling on living organisms) and microbial fouling, including biofilms deleterious to human hea 1405169265......Page 1 000......Page 2 001......Page 20 002......Page 28 003......Page 43 004......Page 57 005......Page 87 006......Page 100 007......Page 114 008......Page 127 009......Page 136 010......Page 148 011......Page 150 012......Page 164 013......Page 181 014......Page 197 015......Page 212 016......Page 234 017......Page 244 018......Page 253 019......Page 270 020......Page 279 021......Page 294 022......Page 315 023......Page 333 024......Page 346 025......Page 360 026......Page 375 027......Page 393 028......Page 415 029......Page 423 030......Page 437 * Includes contributions from many internationally known workers in the area * Well edited and integrated * Cutting edge information of commercial importance to the antifouling industry * Biofouling causes billions of dollars of damage annually.