Urban and periurban ocean developments impact 1.5% of the global exclusive economic
zones, and the demand for ocean space and resources is increasing. As we strive for a more …

Biofouling is a major problem shared among all maritime sectors employing submerged
structures where it leads to substantially increased costs and lowered operational lifespans …

Microbial biofilms are biological structures composed of surface-attached microbial
communities embedded in an extracellular polymeric matrix. In aquatic environments, the …

Abstract 2020 marks 25 years since Olivier Guillitte defined the term 'bioreceptivity', to
describe the ability of a building material to be colonised by living organisms. Although …

This review presents a systematic overview of the literature and describes the experimental
methods used to quantify the drag of hull coatings. It also summarizes the findings of hull …

Urbanisation of coastal areas and growth in the blue economy drive the proliferation of
artificial structures in marine environments. These structures support distinct ecological …

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

The proliferation of artificial concrete structures (ACSs) in the marine environment causes
intertidal habitat loss and is a poor surrogate for natural rocky shores in terms of species …

Marine biofilms are known to influence the corrosion of metal surfaces in the marine
environment. Despite some recent research, the succession of bacterial communities …

Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) systems are cell density—dependent regulatory networks
that coordinate bacterial behavioural changes from single cellular organisms at low cell …