Methods of suppressing settlement of barnacles
AssigneesThe Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Sessile Research Corporation
InventorsToshiharu YANAGAWA, Shinsuke SAITO, Keiji YAMASHITA, Kyoko KAMIYA, Yoshio HAYASHI
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of suppressing larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage from settling on a substrate in water by irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm and a part of 400 to 460 nm to larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage in a direction from the substrate to the larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage.
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A method of suppressing a larva of a barnacle in a settlement stage from settling on a substrate in water, comprising the step of irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm and a part of 400 to 460 nm to the larva in the settlement stage in a direction from the substrate to the larva in the settlement stage.
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