2023
DOI: 10.3390/jmse11122211
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Long-Term Ultraviolet Treatment for Macrofouling Control in Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Paul Whitworth,
Anthony S. Clare,
John A. Finlay
et al.

Abstract: The biofouling of marine structures must be controlled if crippling operational and maintenance costs are to be avoided and biological invasions prevented. However, traditional methods of biofouling control typically involve the use of toxic chemicals, which have their own drawbacks, both financial and environmental. For ships, the hull is the largest surface requiring a fouling-control coating; however, there are other so-called ‘niche’ areas (up to 10% of the total wetted area) that typically cannot be, or a… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

0
0
0

Year Published

2024
2024
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
3

Relationship

0
3

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 3 publications
references
References 110 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance