Marine Biofouling: Colonization Processes and Defenses - Couverture rigide

Railkin, Alexander I.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0849314194 ISBN 13 : 9780849314193

Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 2003

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexander I. Railkin

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0849314194
• ISBN 13: 9780849314193
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 303
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible