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...

Table of Contents:

• Defense of Benthic Invertebrates Against Surface Colonization by Larvae: A Chemical Arms Race
• Furanones
• Isocyano Compounds as Non-Toxic Antifoulants
• 3-Alkylpyridinium Compounds as Potential Non-Toxic Antifouling Agents
• 5, 6-Dichloro-1-methylgramine, a Non-Toxic Antifoulant Derived from a Marine Natural Product
• Biofilms
• Adrenoceptor and Other Pharmacoactive Compounds as Putative Antifoulants
• State-of-Art Methodology of Marine Natural Products Chemistry: Structure Determination with Extremely Small Sample Amounts.