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Antifouling mechanisms of marine organisms and their application prospects.

CAO Wen-hao1,2;YAN Tao1,2;LIU Yong-hong1;CHENG Zhi-qiang1   

  1. 1South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China;2Marine Biology Research Station at Daya Bay, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518121, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2008-03-28 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-01-10 Published:2009-01-10

Abstract: Adhesion of marine fouling organisms is unfavorable to human activities, while many sessile and motile organisms inhabited in marine environment can keep themselves clean by the physical and chemical means, such as tolerance, avoidance, low surface energy, and natural compounds etc., against fouling that are formed during their long-term evolution. In this paper, the antifouling mechanisms of marine organism were reviewed, and their application prospects were put forward. To understand these mechanisms would be beneficial to the research and development of new non-toxic antifouling products, and thus, to provide new ways to solve the fouling problems.

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