The fouling of Plomin harbour

Abstract

      The fouling settlement has been investigated in the inner and middle part of the Bay of Plomin at 2.5 month intervals during a year period. The inner shallow part of the bay was characterized by fouling organisms typical for polluted harbour waters (dominant species Cryptosula pallasiana and barnacles). In the middle clearer part of the bay the mussel was the dominant fouling species at the surface and 1.5 m depth, while hydroids and eurybathic species Anomia ephippium, Pomatoceros triqueter at 10 m depth.