Assessment of wood pile deterioration due to marine organisms

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 70-76

  Lopez Anido, Roberto ^a   Michael, Antonis P ^b   Goodell, Barry ^c   Sandford, Thomas C ^c  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Fiber composites; Fiber reinforced plastics; Piles; Wood; Wooden structures

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE BORERS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PORTS AND HARBORS; SURVEYING; WOOD;

COASTAL WATER; WATERFRONT; WOOD PILE;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BIODEGRADATION; BORING ORGANISM; COASTAL STRUCTURE; PILE; WOOD;

FUNGI;

EID: 1842428736     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2004)130:2(70)     Document Type: Article

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