Epibiosis of marine algae and benthic invertebrates: natural products chemistry and other mechanisms inhibiting settlement and overgrowth

This article reviews chemical and physical mechanisms by which non-motile marine invertebrates and marine algae inhibit the fouling of their surfaces. Inhibition of primary film formation (bacterial, diatoms and protozoans); and macrophyte and epizooite settlement are considered individually followed by discussion of their interactions.

This manuscript is an author version and may be cited as: Davis, A. R., Targett, N. M., McConnell, O. J., & Young, C. M. (1989). Epibiosis of marine algae and benthic invertebrates: natural products chemistry and other mechanisms inhibiting settlement and overgrowth. In P. J. Scheuer (Ed.), Bioorganic Marine Chemistry, 3 (pp. 85-114). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #676.