METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING FOULING IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE BLACK SEA AND EXPEDITION RESEARCH IN THE ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEANS
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The monograph is devoted to methodological approaches in the study of fouling of various anthropogenic surfaces in the coastal waters of the southwestern shelf of the Crimean Peninsula. Attention is paid to the study of the effectiveness of various antifouling compositions with the complex use of physical, chemical and microbiological methods. The processes of biodegradation in seawater of organic components of various paint and varnish materials as a result of the vital activity of a community of peripheral microorganisms are considered. The possibilities of studying the fouling of various shipbuilding materials and structures in oceanic expedition conditions.