Marine Biofouling - Colonization Processes and Defenses (Hardcover)

Recent instances of bioinvasion, such as the emergence of the zebra mussel in the American Great Lakes, generated a demand among marine biologists and ecologists for groundbreaking new references that detail how organisms colonize hard substrates, and how to prevent damaging biomass concentrations.

Marine Biofouling: Colonization Processes and Defenses is the English language version of a comprehensive work by eminent Russian scientist Alexander I. Railkin, who details the causes of vast biomass concentrations on submerged hard substrates. He also delivers a quantitative description of colonization processes and provides detailed models for preventing biofouling.

This volume expounds on many topics rarely discussed in the frame of one book: types of hard substrate communities; comparison of hard and soft substrate communities; harm caused by micro- and macrofoulers; larval taxes and drift; mechanisms of settlement and attachment of microorganisms, invertebrates, ascidians and macroalgae; the impact of currents; protection from epibionts; industrial biofouling protection; successions on hard substrates; and the recovery of disturbed communities or the self-assembly of communities. The text includes much Russian-language research translated for the first time.

Through a thorough examination of substrate organisms and an exploration of preventive methods, this monograph prepares those concerned with marine biology to help protect the self-purifying organisms that keep marine ecosystems healthy and productive.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2003
First published:	December 2003
Authors:	Alexander I. Railkin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-0-8493-1419-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques
LSN:	0-8493-1419-4
Barcode:	9780849314193

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