fouling animal

Japanese: fouling animal(英語表記)foulinganimal
fouling animal

...These organisms include organisms from various groups, ranging from bacteria, fungi, diatoms, and seaweeds to invertebrates such as protozoa, sponges, coelenterates, cytozoans, annelids, tentacles, mollusks, and protochordata. Some sessile organisms, such as seaweed, oysters, and ascidians, are useful for fisheries, but many are fouling animals that attach to artificial structures such as ship bottoms, water pipes, fishing gear, and aquaculture facilities, hindering the purpose and efficiency of their use. Attached organisms on artificial structures in the water are originally from reefs and have migrated there, but as the number of structures increases, their habitats expand from structure to structure. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このような生物には細菌,菌類,ケイ藻,海藻から原生動物,海綿動物,腔腸動物,曲形動物,環形動物,触手動物,軟体動物,原索動物などの無脊椎動物まで,いろいろな生物群に属するものが含まれている。付着生物にはノリ,カキ,マボヤなど水産上有用なものもあるが,多くは船底,導水管,漁具,養殖施設などの人工構造物に付着して,それらの設置目的や使用効率を阻害する汚損動物fouling animalである。水中の人工構造物上の付着生物は,元来は岩礁などに生息していたものが移住してきたものであるが,構造物が増えると構造物から構造物へと生息場所が拡大するようになる。…

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