Fouling-release of barnacles from a boat hull with comparison to laboratory data of attachment strength

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 107-114

  Larsson, Ann I ^a   Mattsson Thorngren, Linnea ^a   Granhag, Lena M ^a   Berglin, Mattias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balanus improvisus; Barnacles; Biofouling; Fouling release; Hydrodynamic forces; Silicone coatings

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANTIFOULING AGENT; BIOFOULING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COATING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; FOULING ORGANISM; HULL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; POLYMER; VESSEL;

BALANUS IMPROVISUS; CYPRIDIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 77956012361     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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