Intra-regional transportation of a tugboat fouling community between the ports of recife and natal, northeast Brazil

This study aimed to identify the incrusting and sedentary animals associated with the hull of a tugboat active in the ports of Pernambuco and later loaned to the port of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Thus, areas with dense biofouling were scraped and the species then classified in terms of their bioin...

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Main Authors: Cristiane Maria Rocha Farrapeira, Gledson Fabiano de Araujo Ferreira, Deusinete de Oliveira Tenório
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592010000700002