Method for the control of mollusks
AssigneeBuckman Laboratories International, Inc.
InventorsC. George Hollis, Richard W. Lutey
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Abstract
A method for the control of fouling by marine and fresh water mollusks through the use of an ionene polymer. The disclosed method is particularly useful in controlling fouling by species of fresh water Asiatic clams of the genus Corbicula, the most common of which is C. fluminea.
Claims22
A method for the control of fouling by mollusks in an aqueous system comprising the step of adding to said aqueous system an amount of an ionene polymer effective for controlling fouling by mollusks.
A method for the control of fouling by mollusks in an aqueous system which comprises the step of adding to said aqueous system an ionene polymer in an amount effective for preventing the attachment of juvenile mollusks to a surface.
A method for reducing the viability of a population of mollusks comprising the step of contacting at least a part of said population with an amount of an ionene polymer effective for reducing the viability of said population.
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