Biofouling types, impact, and anti-fouling (Nova Science Publishers, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
""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 ""; ""MATHERIAL AND METODS ""; ""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: MexelÂ432 ""; ""Ultraviolet Light (UV) ""; ""1.4. Environmental Impacts of the Treatments ""; ""Environmental Impact of Chlorine ""; ""Environmental Impact of MexelÂ432 ""; ""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 ""