Marine antifouling laboratory bioassays: An overview of their diversity

Biofouling

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-311

  Briand, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Barnacle; Biofilm; Biofouling; Chemical cue; Diatom; Larvae; Settlement

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ALGAE; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING;

ALGA; ANTIFOULING; BIOASSAY; COLONIZATION; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; LABORATORY METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DISINFECTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA;

EID: 60549087532     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010902745316     Document Type: Review

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