Table 2.
Data summary of the mean barnacle number mean surface coverage (%) and mean nearest neighbour data for the macrofouled coatings deployed for 13-mo (n = 3, for each sol gel). This data was measured using the Image J software (Figure 6). All coatings deployed in the macrofouling study showed barnacle and tube worm colonization only. Barnacle colonization was the only organisms accounted for in the calculation of the mean surface coverage and mean nearest neighbour data.
| Material Name | Total No. of Barnacles | Mean Barnacle Area (mm2) |
Percent Coverage (%) |
Mean NN (mm) |
NN SD (mm) |
Mean Total Area (mm2) |
Mean Total Area SD (mm2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trilux | 309 | 9.63 | 52.91 | 2.93 | 0.75 | 992.11 | 6.32 |
| Cruder Uno | 269 | 5.84 | 26.78 | 2.59 | 1 | 502.05 | 4.71 |
| Micron | 241 | 7.31 | 30.82 | 4.24 | 2.96 | 577.81 | 5.13 |
| HC006 | 247 | 10.66 | 46.81 | 3.16 | 0.72 | 877.65 | 6.16 |
| B Sol | 340 | 9.43 | 54.15 | 2.74 | 0.74 | 1015.32 | 6.99 |
| T2 (5:3) | 320 | 6.44 | 35.93 | 2.30 | 0.98 | 673.62 | 5.71 |
| T2 (1:1) | 324 | 6.55 | 37.73 | 2.50 | 0.73 | 707.41 | 5.85 |
| DMDEOS | 247 | 5.42 | 23.80 | 3.07 | 0.83 | 446.29 | 3.89 |