Biofouling : types, impact, and anti-fouling / Jun Chan and Shing Wong, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chan, Jun.

Wong, Shing.

Series:

Pollution Science, Technology and Abatement

Pollution science, technology and abatement series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fouling organisms.

Fouling--Prevention.

Fouling.

Hydraulic structures--Protection.

Hydraulic structures.

Medical instruments and apparatus--Microbiology.

Medical instruments and apparatus.

Protective coatings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text concentrates on aquatic mammals from marine and freshwater biotopes, summarizing their different strategies to cope with the permanent challenge of being colonized by a multitude of bacteria, fungi or algae, and moreover, larvae of different invertebrates.

Contents:

""BIOFOULING: TYPES, IMPACT AND ANTI-FOULING""; ""BIOFOULING: TYPES, IMPACT AND ANTI-FOULING""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""LIFE STRATEGIES OF MARINE SESSILE ORGANISMS AS AN APPROACH FOR EXPLORATION OF STRUCTURE AND SUCCESSION OF FOULING COMMUNITIES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""Development of Fouling Communities ""; ""Problem ""; ""Life Strategies. New Approach to an Old Problem ""; ""Task ""; ""Study Area ""; ""Development of Fouling Communities in the White Sea ""; ""MATERIAL AND METHODS ""; ""Tested Species ""; ""Used Characteristics ""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ""

""Definitive Size """"Life Span ""; ""Growth Rate ""; ""Fertility and the Volume of Larval Pool ""; ""Tolerance to Changes in Main Environmental Factors (Temperature, Salinity)""; ""Edificatory Abilities of Monospecific Settlements ""; ""Attachment Strength ""; ""Pumping Rate ""; ""Resistance to Invasion of other Fouling Organisms ""; ""Species position in Ramenskii-Grime Coordinate System ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""GENERAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS OF THE INTEGUMENT AGAINST BIO-COATING IN AQUATIC MAMMALS""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""

""THE SPECIAL BIOTOPE CONDITIONS ON THE EPIDERMAL SURFACE """"THE MORE GENERAL DEFENSE APPROACH: FREE SUGARS ""; ""THE MORE SOPHISTICATED DEFENSE: INNATE IMMUNITY ""; ""SPECIFIC CONDITIONS IN DOLPHINS ""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""MARINE BIOFOULING IN HEAT EXCHANGERS""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. THE PROBLEM OF FOULING IN SEAWATER SYSTEMS ""; ""1.1. Cooling Water Systems in Coastal Facilities ""; ""1.2. Problems Caused by Fouling in Heat Exchangers ""; ""a) Operational Problems ""; ""b) Costs due to Heat Exchanger Fouling ""; ""Capital Expenditure ""

""Maintenance Costs """"Costs due to Production Loss ""; ""1.3. Fouling Mitigation Treatments ""; ""Chlorine ""; ""Film-Forming/Dispersing Additives: Mexel®432 ""; ""Ultraviolet Light (UV) ""; ""1.4. Environmental Impacts of the Treatments ""; ""Environmental Impact of Chlorine ""; ""Environmental Impact of Mexel®432 ""; ""Environmental Impact of UV ""; ""2. TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FOULING""; ""2.1. In-situ Studies: Pilot Plant for Monitoring the Fouling ""; ""2.2. Indirect Methods for the Quantification of Fouling ""

""2.3. Direct Methods for the Characterization of Fouling """"2.3.1. Physico-Chemical Methods ""; ""CHNS ""; ""2.3.2. Molecular Methods ""; ""Biofilm Sample Harvest and Pretreatment ""; ""Genomic DNA Extraction and PCR Amplification of Bacterial 16S rDNA Gene""; ""Construction of Clones Libraries and Sequencing of 16S rDNA ""; ""Bioinformatic Analysis ""; ""2.4. Modelization for Fouling Progression ""; ""3. A PARTICULAR IN SITU STUDY: LOS BARRIOS POWER STATION (ALGECIRAS BAY, SPAIN) ""; ""3.1. Assays Description ""; ""3.2. Biofouling Characterization ""

""3.2.1. Results of Physico-Chemical Characterization of Fouling""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-722-2

OCLC:

923657340