Green tides are a serious global ecological disaster; the largest occur in Southern Yellow Sea (SYS). Early-stage green SYS composed of four species (Ulva prolifera, Ulva flexuosa, linza, and compressa). We found that U. aragoensis is constituent based on molecular data. Furthermore, this study re-evaluated proportion it was more prevalent micro-propagules cultured from surface seawater during ...

The environmental scanning electron microscope has been used to image the adhesive pads secreted by zoospores of the marine alga Ulva linza as they settle on a range of self-assembled and grafted monolayers of different wettability, under natural, hydrated conditions. Results reveal that the diameter of the adhesive pad is strongly influenced by surface wettability, the adhesive spreading more ...

Four-component xerogel films consisting of 1 mole-% n-octadecyltrimethoxysilane (C18) and 50 mole-% tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) in combination with 1-24 mole-% tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrooctyltriethoxysilane (TDF) and 25-48 mole-% n-octyltriethoxysilane (C8) and a 1:49:50 mole-% C18/TDF/TEOS were prepared. Settlement of barnacle cyprids and removal of juvenile barnacles, settlement of zoospor...

Nowadays, organic fertilizers play an important role in agriculture. They are progressively substituting chemical fertilizers to prevent their harmful impact on human health and the environment. They provide high yield, better quality products and a shorter period of harvesting crops. In this study, the mineral elements: primary macronutrient (N, PO3- and K+), secondary macronutrient: (Ca2+, Mg...

Surfaces with engineered microtopographies are potential candidate against biofouling to replace the use of biocides in marine environment. Understanding antifouling mechanism microtopographic surfaces microorganisms, however, has been limited. In this work, we theoretically studied aggregation Ulva linza zoospores on Sharklet topographic by employing extended Surface Energetic Attachment (SEA)...

Amphiphilic surfaces, containing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains, offer desirable performance for many applications such as marine coatings or anti-icing purposes. This work explores the effect of concentration amphiphilic moieties on converting a polyurethane (PU) system to coating having fouling-release properties. A novel compound is synthesized added at increasing amounts PU system...