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Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, Volume 9, Issue 5, September 2026.Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
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Giant phytoplankton revealed by in situ imaging
Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Volume 11, Issue 5, September 2026.Abstract Deployment of an autonomous Zooglider in the western Mediterranean Sea revealed the presence of long phytoplankton chains attaining maximum lengths of 6.4–10.4 mm suspended in situ. Elongate chains included the diatoms Guinardia, Proboscia, two other diatom morphologies, and solitary filaments of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Most elongate
Mark D. Ohman +3 more
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Geometric characterization of cylinders overgrown by marine biofouling
Frontiers in Built EnvironmentMarine growth on cylindrical structures alters their hydraulic roughness and thus affects load predictions, such that parameters beyond the traditional k/D ratio must also be taken into account when analyzing the loads and hydrodynamics around these ...
Darion Jobs +9 more
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New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2026.Plastics are a known but inconsistently researched challenge to Aotearoa New Zealand's inland freshwater systems. Understanding plastic origins, movement, and removal options for individual water bodies can enhance management efforts. This exploratory study quantified meso‐ and macroplastics entering Lake Rotorua through stormwater streams and assessed
Aria Kerebs +2 more
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Effects of biofouling on the sinking behavior of microplastics
Environmental Research Letters, 2017 Although plastic is ubiquitous in marine systems, our current knowledge of transport mechanisms is limited. Much of the plastic entering the ocean sinks; this is intuitively obvious for polymers such as polystyrene (PS), which have a greater density than
David Kaiser +2 more
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Actuation Strategies for Underwater Jet‐Propelled Soft Robots
Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 6, Page 3868-3892, September 2026.ABSTRACT This review article examines jet‐propulsion mechanisms in underwater soft robotic systems, focusing exclusively on physically fabricated and experimentally validated robots. Covering research published from 2013 to 2025, this study classifies and evaluates jet‐propulsion robots based on their actuation mechanisms.
Angel Kitone +3 more
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A Tunable Hyperspectral Imager for Detection and Quantification of Marine Biofouling on Coated Surfaces. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2022 Santos J +7 more
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Fisheries Oceanography, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 676-688, September 2026.ABSTRACT Global climate change is intensifying ocean deoxygenation, particularly in eastern boundary current systems such as the California Current. This study investigates the impact of hypoxic events on a nearshore, multispecies recreational groundfish fishery along the Oregon coast.
Leif K. Rasmuson +3 more
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Mini-Review: Antifouling Natural Products from Marine Microorganisms and Their Synthetic Analogs
Marine Drugs, 2017 Biofouling causes huge economic loss and generates serious ecological issues worldwide. Marine coatings incorporated with antifouling (AF) compounds are the most common practices to prevent biofouling.
Kai-Ling Wang +4 more
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Metabolomic Insights of Biosurfactant Activity from Bacillus niabensis against Planktonic Cells and Biofilm of Pseudomonas stutzeri Involved in Marine Biofouling. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 Sánchez-Lozano I +6 more
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