Antifouling activities of octocorals on some marine microfoulers

Microbios

Volumn 104, Issue 409, 2001, Pages 131-140

  Wilsanand, V ^a,c   Wagh, A B ^b   Bapuji, M ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Institute of Marine Affairs Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Biofouling; Corals; Diatoms; Marine; Microfoulers; Octocorals

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHEMISTRY; COELENTERATE; DIATOM; DRUG EFFECT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CNIDARIA; DIATOMS; ETHANOL; MARINE BIOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0035228315     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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