Impacts of Limnoperna fortunei on man-made structures and control strategies: general overview

BOLTOVSKOY DEMETRIO; XU, M.; NAKANO, D.

Limnoperna fortunei: the ecology, distribution and control of a swiftly spreading invasive fouling mussel

Springer International Publishing

Lugar: Cham; Año: 2015; p. 375 - 393

In China and South America, severe fouling problems caused by Limnopernafortunei have been reported for a number of industrial facilities, includingwater and wastewater processing plants, power plants (nuclear, hydroelectric,thermal), refineries, steel mills, fish culture facilities, water transfer canals andaqueducts, and watercraft. In Japan, biofouling chiefly affects agricultural irrigationsystems, balancing reservoirs and balancing tanks. However, most availablereports furnish little detail on the components affected and on the measures takento cope with the nuisance. Objective estimates of the economic losses involved areextremely rare. Although fouling by the golden mussel has occasionally derived inoperation at below-standard regimes and even temporary plant shutoffs, as maintenancepersonnel acquired experience in curtailing mussel growth in sensitive areas,serious incidents have become less common. Fouling by L. fortunei has not caused asingle definitive plant shutdown. Control methods assessed (either in laboratory settingsor 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 miscellaneousmethods.