Low salinity as a biosecurity tool for minimizing  biofouling on ship sea chests

de Castro, Maria Cecilia T.; Vance, Thomas; Yunnie, Anna L. E.; Fileman, Timothy W.; Hall-Spencer, Jason M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-661-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-661-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-661-2018

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Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

Research article

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18 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 18 Jul 2018

Low salinity as a biosecurity tool for minimizing biofouling on ship sea chests

Maria Cecilia T. de Castro, Thomas Vance, Anna L. E. Yunnie, Timothy W. Fileman, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Low salinity as a tool for minimizing biofouling in ships sea-chests', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'return', Cecilia Castro, 10 May 2018
RC2: 'Castro et al manuscript', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Authors' response to Referee 2 comments', Cecilia Castro, 19 Jun 2018
EC1: 'Editorial note; salinity unit', David Turner, 20 Jun 2018
- AC3: 'Editor comment', Cecilia Castro, 20 Jun 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Cecilia Castro on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Jul 2018) by David Turner

AR by Cecilia Castro on behalf of the Authors (08 Jul 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

Biofouling results from the colonization of bacteria, algae or animals over natural or synthetic surfaces at sea. Biofouling affects ships' performance negatively, and usual practices to avoid it are related to the use of biocides to intoxicate or prevent the adherence of these organisms. Here, we demonstrated that the use of low salinity for short periods of time can effectively kill these organisms and can be incorporated into vessels' operation routine without causing delay or extra cost.