Barnacles are notorious marine fouling organisms, whose life cycle initiates with the
planktonic larva, followed by the free-swimming cyprid that voluntarily explores, and …

Biofouling represents a major economic issue regarding maritime industries and also raise
important environmental concern. International legislation is restricting the use of biocidal …

Thoracian barnacles rely heavily upon their ability to adhere to surfaces and are
environmentally and economically important as biofouling pests. Their adhesives have …

Various antifouling (AF) coatings have been developed to protect submerged surfaces by
deterring the settlement of the colonizing stages of fouling organisms. A review of the …

Mobile barnacle cypris larvae settle and metamorphose, transitioning to sessile juveniles
with morphology and growth similar to that of adults. Because biofilms exist on immersed …

The process of biofouling of marine structures and substrates, such as platforms or ship
hulls, proceeds in multiple steps. Soon after the formation of an initial conditioning film …

Barnacles strongly adhere to immersed solid substrates using a mixture of cement proteins
(CP) that self-assembles into a permanently bonded layer and binds the barnacles' shells to …

Protein-based underwater adhesives of marine organisms exhibit extraordinary binding
strength in high salinity based on utilizing a variety of molecular interaction mechanisms …

The metamorphosis responses of mussel (Mytilus coruscus) larvae to adrenoceptor
compounds were investigated through a series of bioassays. The adrenergic agonist …

When exploring immersed surfaces the cypris larvae of barnacles employ a tenacious and
rapidly reversible adhesion mechanism to facilitate their characteristic 'walking'behaviour …