Journal
BIOFOULING
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 261-276Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2015.1136822
Keywords
Biofouling; weight; community composition; navigation buoys; marine renewable energy
Funding
- EPSRC under the SUPERGEN Marine Consortium Programme [RE006]
- Natural Environment Research Council [dml010007] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [dml010007] Funding Source: UKRI
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Knowledge of biofouling typical of marine structures is essential for engineers to define appropriate loading criteria in addition to informing other stakeholders about the ecological implications of creating novel artificial environments. There is a lack of information regarding biofouling community composition (including weight and density characteristics) on floating structures associated with future marine renewable energy generation technologies. A network of navigation buoys were identified across a range of geographical areas, environmental conditions (tidal flow speed, temperature and salinity), and deployment durations suitable for future developments. Despite the perceived importance of environmental and temporal factors, geographical location explained the greatest proportion of the observed variation in community composition, emphasising the importance of considering geography when assessing the impact of biofouling on device functioning and associated ecology. The principal taxa associated with variation in biofouling community composition were mussels (Mytilus edulis), which were also important when determining loading criteria.
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