Fouling Organisms

Chapters from Jack Rudloe’s books about the Fouling Community

 The Mariner’s Guide to Oceanography: What’s Growing on Your Hull:The Fouling Community

The Living Dock: Shipworms and Sick Worms

The Erotic Ocean: Wharf Pilings

The Sea Brings Forth: Potluck

View these videos of “The Living Dock”

The Fouling Community of the Living Dock

Bugula: A Hope for a Cancer Cure

The Wonderful Life of Barnacles

Crabs of the Living Dock

Anemones and Corals: Flowers of the Living Dock

Clams and Mussels of the Living Dock

Tunicates of the Living Dock

The Strange World of Slipper Limpets