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The Biochemical Composition of the Cement of two Barnacle Species, Balanus Hameri and Balanus Crenatus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. Walker
G. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, N. Wales
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Adult barnacles adhere to surfaces by a secretion released on to or forced beneath the bases. This secretion has been called barnacle cement. Carderelli (1968) calculated from crude experiments that the tensile strength of Balanus eburneus exceeded 50,000 p.si., but apart from this work no other data exist on the adhesive properties of barnacle cement. More studies have been undertaken on the biochemical composition of cement (Carderelli, 1968; Saroyan et al., 1970; Cook, 1970), but the results are somewhat contradictory.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , May 1972 , pp. 429 - 435
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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