Antifouling Compounds

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fusetani, Nobuhiro (Editor), Clare, Anthony S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Marine Molecular Biotechnology, 42
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Biochemistry.; Aquatic ecology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Biochemistry.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Increasing awareness of the deleterious effects of toxic components in antifouling coatings has raised interest in the potential for nontoxic alternatives. This book examines how marine organisms from bacteria to invertebrates and plants use chemicals to communicate and defend themselves. Chemicals...