Project record of Assesment of antifouling agents in coastal environments

Information

Type
Project
Name
Assesment of antifouling agents in coastal environments
Acronym
ACE
Description @en
This project will redress this situation and through multidisciplinary research will provide:
  • Information on usage and geographical differences in usage of antifouling agents and products in Europe.
  • Suitably sensitive analytical (chemical) techniques for quantifying antifouling ""booster"" biocides.
  • An assessment of the extent of contamination of European harbours and marinas and coastal waters through chemical surveys.
  • Information concerning the dissipation, transport and ecotoxicological effects of ""booster"" biocides (through experimentation under laboratory and field conditions).
  • Models which predict environmental concentration and impact.
  • A critical comparison of products regarding environmental impact.
Results will provide essential information upon which National and International Authorities and the Commission can consider and provide well-founded advice (and hence management options) on the topic of antifouling agents.
Start date
1999-2
End date
2002-1

Institutes & people involved

Albanis Triantafyllos
associated with: University of Ioannina; Laboratory of Environmental Technology and Pollution Control
role: Partner

Expertise

Biocides
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 912
Coastal environment
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 1635
Fouling
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3440

special collections

ENCORA
ENCORA: HENCORE

record metadata

date created: 2007-11-27
date modified: 2007-12-05