Multiple Approaches for Testing Novel Coatings in the Laboratory and in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with Emphasis on the Global, Problem-Fouling Invertebrates

Abstract

We performed field tests on 111 panels with 33 different coatings from four ONR-affiliated laboratories. The resultant data have been reported back to the contractors, who are making additional changes to their compounds for further testing. Investigations of the bacterial basis of recruitment of larvae of biofouling animals to marine surfaces have found new bacterial mechanisms for three new species isolated from biofilms in Hawaii and identified with molecular genetics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 25, 2015
Accession Number
ADA627063

Entities

People

  • Michael Hadfield

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Cells
  • Coatings
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Field Tests
  • Fouling
  • Fouling Organisms
  • Genetics
  • Governments
  • Invertebrates
  • Membranes
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Second World War
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Surface Coatings Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology