date:Apr 08, 2014
ivities, such as shipping, power generation, and water treatment.
While plants and algae can act as freshwater biofoulers, the study focused on the impact of animals. Eleven groups known to cause problems were investigated, among them mussels, clams, snails, crustaceans, sponges, and insects.
David Strayer is a freshwater ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and one of the paper's authors. A lot of attention has been given to marine biofouling because it costs a ton of money. L