Antifouling strategies: History and regulation, ecological impacts and mitigation

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-465

  Dafforn, Katherine A ^a   Lewis, John A ^b   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ES Link Services Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti fouling; Biocides; Copper; Ecological impacts; Regulations; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING STRATEGIES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MARINE COMMUNITY; MARINE VESSELS; NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES; REGULATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TOXIC EFFECT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTIFOULING PAINT; COPPER; ECOLOGY; FOULING; MARINE POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOCIDES;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BIOCIDE; COPPER; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTIFOULING; BIOFOULING; COPPER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PESTICIDE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFOULING; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOULING PREVENTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAW; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION;

BIOFOULING; COPPER; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PAINT; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952189084     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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