IEGEBA   24053
INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGIA, GENETICA Y EVOLUCION DE BUENOS AIRES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Impacts of Limnoperna fortunei on man-made structures and control strategies: general overview
Autor/es:
BOLTOVSKOY DEMETRIO; XU, M.; NAKANO, D.
Libro:
Limnoperna fortunei: the ecology, distribution and control of a swiftly spreading invasive fouling mussel
Editorial:
Springer International Publishing
Referencias:
Lugar: Cham; Año: 2015; p. 375 - 393
Resumen:
Abstract In China and South America, severe fouling problems caused by Limnoperna
fortunei have been reported for a number of industrial facilities, including
water and wastewater processing plants, power plants (nuclear, hydroelectric,
thermal), refineries, steel mills, fish culture facilities, water transfer canals and
aqueducts, and watercraft. In Japan, biofouling chiefly affects agricultural irrigation
systems, balancing reservoirs and balancing tanks. However, most available
reports furnish little detail on the components affected and on the measures taken
to cope with the nuisance. Objective estimates of the economic losses involved are
extremely rare. Although fouling by the golden mussel has occasionally derived in
operation at below-standard regimes and even temporary plant shutoffs, as maintenance
personnel acquired experience in curtailing mussel growth in sensitive areas,
serious incidents have become less common. Fouling by L. fortunei has not caused a
single definitive plant shutdown. Control methods assessed (either in laboratory settings
or in actual plant operating conditions) include antifouling materials and coatings,
chemical treatments, manual/mechanical cleaning, filtration, thermal shock,
anoxia and hypoxia, desiccation, ozonation, ultraviolet treatment, electric currents,
ultrasound, manipulations of flow speed, biological control, and various miscellaneous
methods