Barnacles and Expertise for Antifouling, Foul Release and Adhesion Research

Abstract

The PI will develop and use methods to raise barnacle cyprids for laboratory studies and assays. They will provide on an as needed basisthese barnacle larvae to other PIs in the ONR program for use in their labs. They will also interact and collaborate with material scientistsin the design and interpretation of experiments to understand the interation, settlement and adhesion of barnacles to surfaces.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Nov 23, 2016
Source ID
N000141613112

Entities

People

  • Daniel Rittschof

Organizations

  • Duke University
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Surface Coatings Technology.