A novel assessment of the traction forces upon settlement of two typical marine fouling invertebrates using PDMS micropost arrays

Marine biofouling poses a severe threat to maritime and aquaculture industries. To prevent the attachment of marine biofouling organisms on man-made structures, countless cost and effort was spent annually. In particular, most attention has been paid on the development of efficient and environmental...

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Main Authors: Kang Xiao, Wen-Bin Cao, Cu-Huang Rong, Lian-Guo Chen, Xiao-Xue Yang, Wei-Jia Wen, Pei-Yuan Qian, Zhang-Li Hu, Ying Xu, Yu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2018-01-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/7/1/bio030262