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MACRO FOULING [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Ship Maintenance
CONT

A macrofouling community (consisting of either "soft fouling" or "hard fouling") may develop and overgrow the microfouling. Soft fouling comprises algae and invertebrates, such as soft corals, sponges, anemones, tunicates and hydroids; whilst hard fouling comprises invertebrates such as barnacles, mussels and tubeworms.

Key term(s)
  • macro fouling
  • macro-fouling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Entretien des navires
CONT

Les salissures sont surtout d'ordre biologique et l'on parle de biosalissures. Selon la taille des organismes on distingue les : -microsalissures : bactéries et algues unicellulaires, larves [...] qui forment le «voile biologique»; - macrosalissures : algues pluricellulaires, mollusques fixés, larves, vers, crustacés (balanes et autres), qui ne s'installent que lorsque le substrat est déjà colonisé par les microsalissures.

OBS

macrosalissure : terme généralement employé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • macrosalissures
  • macrosalissures marines

Spanish

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