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The Adhesion of the Barnacle, Balanus Balanoides, to Slate Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. B. Yule  and
G. Walker
A. B. Yule
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL EH
G. Walker
Affiliation:
N.E.R.C. Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL EH
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Techniques were developed to measure the adhesion of the barnacle Balanus balanoides (L.), over the post metamorphosis period. It was found that Balanus balanoides is capable of producing a proteinaceous adhesive material within one day of metamorphosis. This adhesive material was found to withstand applied forces of 1·7×105 Nm−2 before cohesive failure took place. The strength of the cement produced by older barnacles, measured at a time when the adult cement apparatus is known to be operating, was considerably greater and applied forces of 9·3 × 10 Nm were necessary to induce cohesive failure in the cement. The strength of B. balanoides cement was thus shown to be at least one tenth of that of commercial adhesives which have tensile strengths in the region of 107 Nm−2.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 147 - 156
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1984

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