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A diffusion technique for assessing antifouling activity
Author(s) -
CHRISTIE A. O.,
CRISP D. J.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1963.tb03702.x
Subject(s) - biofouling , fouling , diffusion , biology , environmental chemistry , atrazine , pesticide , ecology , chemistry , membrane , genetics , physics , thermodynamics
SUMMARY A diffusion method for measuring the antifouling effectiveness of chemicals is described. The chemicals under test are allowed to diffuse through a porous container which is suspended in the sea under natural fouling conditions. These tests showed both tri‐ n ‐butyltin oxide and atrazine to have considerable antifouling activity. The test method is discussed in relation to conventional laboratory tests against single organisms.