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SEASONAL STUDY OF SESSILE MARINE FOULING ORGANISMS IN NORTHERN LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA

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1979
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Seasonal settling patterns and community development of the fouling complex on gelcoat-covered fiber glass plates (103.22 cm2 ) were observed from September 1976 to September 1977 at three stations in northern Lake Worth, Florida. Percent coverage for each species was estimated using 60 points randomly positioned over the plate area. Physico-chemical conditions at stations 1 and 2 were relatively stable, whereas station 3 was subjected to wide variations in salinity and, to a lesser extent, dissolved oxygen. Plates at stations 1 and 2 consistently collected more species than those at station 3. Peak settling and growth at all stations occurred in the spring and early summer. Three species settled only on plates that had been previously colonized. Even though gelcoat-covered fiber glass was designed to discourage fouling, it proved to be a satisfactory substrate for a thriving community.
Title: A SEASONAL STUDY OF SESSILE MARINE FOULING ORGANISMS IN NORTHERN LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA.
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Name(s): BANE, LENI LORENZ.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Marsh, G. Alex, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1979
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 77 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Seasonal settling patterns and community development of the fouling complex on gelcoat-covered fiber glass plates (103.22 cm2 ) were observed from September 1976 to September 1977 at three stations in northern Lake Worth, Florida. Percent coverage for each species was estimated using 60 points randomly positioned over the plate area. Physico-chemical conditions at stations 1 and 2 were relatively stable, whereas station 3 was subjected to wide variations in salinity and, to a lesser extent, dissolved oxygen. Plates at stations 1 and 2 consistently collected more species than those at station 3. Peak settling and growth at all stations occurred in the spring and early summer. Three species settled only on plates that had been previously colonized. Even though gelcoat-covered fiber glass was designed to discourage fouling, it proved to be a satisfactory substrate for a thriving community.
Identifier: 13981 (digitool), FADT13981 (IID), fau:10803 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Fouling organisms
Marine fouling organisms--Florida--Lake Worth
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