Effect of Polluted Harbor Waters on Fouling and Biocorrosion of Steel

The effect of various types of pollution on micro-, meso-, and macrofouling succession and on the biocorrosion of high-alloy steel X18N10T (Russian steel grade) in the water of Zolotoi Rog Bay port was studied. Anthropogenic contamination of harbor waters has boosted the development of specific fouling communities presented by certain groups of micro-, meso-, and macrobenthos. The intensity of local destruction of the surface became much higher with mosaic colonization of specimens of high-alloy steel by barnacles than with their continuous distribution. The rate of steel corrosion was ten times higher in the impacted area than in the control area.     

Age,Growth, Maturation,and Mortality of Grass Goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Gobiidae) of the Karkinitsky Gulf,the Black Sea

Journal of Ichthyology - The sex and size-age structure, growth, maturation, and mortality of grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus have been studied in the Karkinitsky Gulf of the Black Sea. The...     

Regulation of Properties of Lipid Membranes by Interaction with 2-Hydroxypropyl β-Cyclodextrin: Molecular Details

Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry - The interaction between 2-hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin (HPCD) and a liposomal bilayer has been studied. The main binding sites of HPCD on the surface...