BALANOMORPHA COMMUNITY OF CONFINED ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE IN A THERMAL POWER PLANT OF PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL

Luana Caroline Costa Silva; Everthon de Albuquerque Xavier; Renata Laranjeiras Gouveia; Andrea Karla Pereira da Silva; Mucio Luiz Banja Fernandes

Volume : VIII, Issue : X, October - 2018

BALANOMORPHA COMMUNITY OF CONFINED ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE IN A THERMAL POWER PLANT OF PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL

Luana Caroline Costa Silva, Everthon De Albuquerque Xavier, Renata Laranjeiras Gouveia, Andrea Karla Pereira Da Silva, Mucio Luiz Banja Fernandes

Abstract :

The fouling–forming organisms, because they present a rapid colonization, ing several damages to the activities. This fact is observed in the water collection pipes used for the cooling in Termopernambuco, which needs to stop its activities with a periodicity for scraping the organisms that are embedded in its walls, reducing or even rendering unfeasible the electric power production of this thermoelectric unit.The study searched identify the species of cirripedia that inhabit the tubes, being found four species of Balanomorpha, that cause fouling. It is noteworthy that three species are cryptogenic and one endemic to the Brazilian Coast.