TY - CHAP
T1 - Expected effect of climate change on fouling communities and its impact on antifouling research
AU - Dobretsov, Sergey
N1 - Funding Information:
The author acknowledges Dr H-U Dahms and Dr Y M Yebra for helpful comments and suggestions. This study was supported by an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany), SQU grant IG/AGR/FISH/09/03 and by a George E. Burch Fellowship (USA). I am grateful to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos for the chance to utilize time, space and facilities of the Sultan Qaboos University during my work on this manuscript.
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - In the coming decades, the marine environment will be subject to profound changes, such as elevation of water temperature and ultraviolet radiation, changes in salinity, and decreases of pH due to acidification. These changes will affect not only the survival of dispersal stages and their development but also their recruitment, which among other factors is mediated by the quality and quantity of settlement cues. Climate change can also modify characteristics of microbial communities and the production of metabolites, which in turn, can change settlement of dispersal stages and development of macrofouling communities. In this chapter, I review the possible effects of climate change on microbial and macrofouling communities, performance of antifouling coatings and highlight future research perspectives.
AB - In the coming decades, the marine environment will be subject to profound changes, such as elevation of water temperature and ultraviolet radiation, changes in salinity, and decreases of pH due to acidification. These changes will affect not only the survival of dispersal stages and their development but also their recruitment, which among other factors is mediated by the quality and quantity of settlement cues. Climate change can also modify characteristics of microbial communities and the production of metabolites, which in turn, can change settlement of dispersal stages and development of macrofouling communities. In this chapter, I review the possible effects of climate change on microbial and macrofouling communities, performance of antifouling coatings and highlight future research perspectives.
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U2 - 10.1533/9781845696313.1.222
DO - 10.1533/9781845696313.1.222
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:71649093426
SN - 9781845693862
SP - 222
EP - 239
BT - Advances in Marine Antifouling Coatings and Technologies
PB - Elsevier Ltd
ER -
