Benzoates: a new approach to non‐toxic marine fouling control

Abstract

Owing to present and expected future regulations on the use of polluting antifouling compounds, there is a growing need for alternative methods for the prevention of biofouling. Some experiments on the effect of iron benzoate, as a possible biocide agent, on nauplii of Balanus amphitrite were carried out. This pigment was used because it is rapidly hydrolysed and consequently it produces a pH decrease. Although anion benzoate has an intense narcotic effect on nauplii, the results clearly demonstrated that the combined action of this compound and a pH decrease (generated by iron benzoate hydrolysis) produce a pronounced antifouling activity, i.e. the synergic effect is greater than separate effects.

Citation

Pérez, M., García, M., Vetere, V., Deyá, M., del Amo, B. and Stupak, M. (2001), "Benzoates: a new approach to non‐toxic marine fouling control", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 30 No. 1, pp. 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/03699420110365524