Biodegradation of wood exposed in the marine environment: Evaluation of the hazard posed by marine wood-borers in fifteen European sites

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-104

  Borges, L M S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation of wood; European coastal waters; Gribble borer hazard; Limnoriids; Marine wood borers; Shipworm; Teredinids

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; LIMNORIIDS; MARINE WOOD-BORERS; SHIPWORM; TEREDINIDS;

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PEST SPECIES; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOOD;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE];

LIMNORIIDAE; TEREDINIDAE;

EID: 84910028586     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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