Biofouling

Types, Impact & Anti-Fouling

Buch | Hardcover

363 Seiten

2010
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60876-501-0 (ISBN)

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Biofouling is defined as an economically significant process that occurs on ships' hulls, where high levels of fouling can reduce the performance of the vessel and increase its fuel requirements. This book covers the advances on the main anti-biofouling strategies based on the application of emergent biological products.

Biofouling is usually defined as an especially economically significant process that occurs on ships' hulls, where high levels of fouling can reduce the performance of the vessel and increase its fuel requirements. However, in the aquatic environment, such burden is generally of importance for all types of organisms present. This book concentrates on aquatic mammals from marine and freshwater biotopes, summarising their different strategies to cope with the permanent challenge of being colonised by a multitude of bacteria, fungi or algae, and moreover, larvae of different invertebrates. Furthermore, biofouling of medical devices involves the formation of a biofilm by bacteria. This book covers the recent advances on the main anti-biofouling strategies based on the application of emergent biological products. In addition, the authors of this book focus on the surface modification of membranes for antibiofouling. The effect of non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals on the growth and adhesion of marine bacteria found in biofilms is looked at. Finally, in order to produce antifouling paints with reduced amount of toxic molecules, it is necessary to further investigate the phenomena involved in antifouling activity.

Preface; Life Strategies of Marine Sessile Organisms as an Approach for Exploration of Structure & Succession of Fouling Communities; General Defense Mechanisms of the Integument against Bio-Coating in Aquatic Mammals; Marine Biofouling in Heat Exchangers; Biofouling & Anti-Fouling of Medical Devices; Force Measurements of Bacterial Adhesion to Metals Using a Cell Probe in Atomic Force Microscopy; Green Anti-Biofouling Strategies; Electrochemical Technologies for Antifouling Treatments of Cooling Circuits; Surface Modification of Membranes for Antibiofouling; Pharmaceuticals as Antifoulants: Inhibition of Growth & Effects on Adhesion of Marine Bacteria; Protein Resistant Surfaces Based on Polymer Coatings: A Study of Hyperbranched Polyglycerols & Polyethylene Glycol on Gold & PDMS Surfaces; Colonization of Blue Mussels (Mytilus Edulis) on Offshore Wave Power Installations; Antifouling Activity of Marine Paints Studied by Scanning Electron & Confocal Laser Microscopies; Experimental Low-Cost Tool to Reduce Biofouling in Oyster Longline Culture; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.5.2010
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	824 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-60876-501-6 / 1608765016
ISBN-13	978-1-60876-501-0 / 9781608765010
Zustand	Neuware