After two weeks of immersion in seawater, settlement of
biofilm became obvious on all tested plates and silt layer on
plate AF2 was observed over the biofilm layer. Plates AF1
and AF4 showed fouling cover significantly lower than that
in the other treatments (P < 0.001, ANOVA). The wet weight
of fouling organisms at this time ranged between 2 and
11 grams/plate. Maximum fouling weights were found on
untreated and control plates while the minimum wet weights
were recorded on the two painted plates AF1 and AF4 which
appear to have a high potential in preventing settlement andgrowth of macro fouling and considered very poor in comparison
to the other plates (untreated, control, as AF2 and AF3)
as shown