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Relevance of crustacean carapace wettability for fouling

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Life at Interfaces and Under Extreme Conditions

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 151))

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Carapace wettability and density of fouling organisms (bacteria, diatoms, protozoa, fungi, macro-organisms) were investigated for 45 crustacean species (Hoplocarida, Decapoda) from 15 families in the Gulf of Thailand. The results show that crustaceans can create and maintain characteristic carapace wettabilities. About 21 species (47%) possess highly wettable carapaces with contact angles below 20°. Contact angles between 20° and 40° were recorded for four species (2%), angles between 40° and 60° for eight species (4%) and from 60° to 70° for 11 (24%) species. One species, Alpheus euphrosyne (Alpheidae, Decapoda), exhibited an extremely low surface wettability (contact angle: 91°). Densities of colonisers and contact angles did not correlate. Very low wettability by water (θ > 90°) may only contribute little to fouling reduction in A. euphrosyne which showed the most hydrophobic carapace surface and was colonised by the lowest numbers of bacteria among all species and no other colonisers at all. We conclude that surface wettability is of little relevance for antifouling defence in crustaceans.

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    Klaus Becker

  2. Siam University, 235 Phetkasem Rd., Bangkok, 10163, Thailand

    Twee Hormchong

  3. Zool. Institut, Univ. Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-24098, Kiel, Germany

    Martin Wahl

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Becker, K., Hormchong, T., Wahl, M. (2000). Relevance of crustacean carapace wettability for fouling. In: Liebezeit, G., Dittmann, S., Kröncke, I. (eds) Life at Interfaces and Under Extreme Conditions. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 151. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4148-2_19

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