Marine and Industrial Biofouling (Hardcover)

Microbial Biofouling and Microbially Influenced Corrosion.- Why Microorganisms Live in Biofilms and the Problem of Biofouling.- The Effect of Substratum Properties on the Survival of Attached Microorganisms on Inert Surfaces.- Mechanisms of Microbially Influenced Corrosion.- Industrial Biofilms and their Control.- Biofilm Control: Conventional and Alternative Approaches.- An Example: Biofouling Protection for Marine Environmental Sensors by Local Chlorination.- Surface Modification Approach to Control Biofouling.- A Strategy To Pursue in Selecting a Natural Antifoulant: A Perspective.- Novel Antifouling Coatings: A Multiconceptual Approach.- Concept and Consequences of the EU Biocide Guideline.- Macrofouling.- Hydroides elegans (Annelida: Polychaeta): A Model for Biofouling Research.- Marine Epibiosis: Concepts, Ecological Consequences and Host Defence.- Larval Settlement and Surfaces: Implications in Development of Antifouling Strategies.- Macrofouling Control in Power Plants.- Inhibition and Induction of Marine Biofouling by Biofilms.- A Triangle Model: Environmental Changes Affect Biofilms that Affect Larval Settlement.