Shipwrecks and global 'worming' / / Paola Palma' L. N. Santhakumaran.

• VerfasserIn: Palma, Paola, 1965-; Santhakumaran, L. N.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Santhakumaran, L. N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Archaopress,, [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (66 pages)

This paper presents an account of the marine wood-borers, together with a historical review of literature on their depredation on wooden ships, and on protective methods adopted from antiquity to modern times.

Table of Contents

Book title -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About the authors -- Abstract -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Historical Evidence -- Chapter 3. Marine Wood-boring Organisms and their taxonomy -- Molluscan wood-borers: -- Shipworms (Teredinidae) -- Piddocks (Pholadidae: Martesiinae) -- Piddocks(Pholadidae: Xylophagainae) -- Crustacean attack -- Pill-bugs (Sphaeromatidae: Sphaeromatinae) -- Sphaeromatids (Figures 2D, 14) are generally well distributed in the estuaries and backwaters, particularly in the tropics, where they cause extensive superficial damage to timber structures in their intertidal portion (Figure 18). They are also found in -- Gribble (Limnoriidae) -- Chelura (Cheluridae) -- Chapter 4. Wood-borer distribution -- Chapter 5. Recent Findings -- Environment -- The Swash Channel Wreck -- Chapter 6. Conclusions -- APPENDIX I -- SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT OF MARINE WOOD-BORERS -- CHARACTERS OF TAXONOMIC VALUE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MARINE WOOD-BORERS -- APPENDIX II -- CHECK-LIST OF MARINE WOOD-BORERS -- References -- Untitled.