title: [Application of chemical ecology in controlling marine fouling organisms].
abstract: Many marine organisms can produce secondary metabolites beneficial to the protection of marine environments against fouling, and thus, applying chemo-ecological methods to extract the natural antifoulants from marine organisms to resolve the problems relevant to marine fouling is a new thinking in resent years. Its aim is to search for high efficient and non-toxic antifoulants to replace the existing chemically synthetic ones which are unfortunately found to have widespread toxic effects on marine environment. Although we know few about the antifouling mechanisms of secondary metabolites, many natural products have been proved to have antifouling activity. Therefore, basic and applied researches on the ecological roles of these natural compounds, their action mechanisms, coating compatibility, controlled release, and field test are required in the future.
authors.affiliation: Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China. ff4196@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology / Q000639:trends*; D017753:Ecosystem; D008386:Marine Biology; D012623:Seawater; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical