Metod för att förhindra kräftdjurs, särskilt havstulpaners, etablering på fasta ytor med hjälp av en substans som stör nervsignaler, varvid substansen är medetomidin, dvs (+)-4-/1- (2,3-dimetylfenyl)-etyl/-IH-imidazol

摘要

The use of an aromatic compound substituted with at least one heterocyclic amine and possibly additional substituents, such as medetomidine and clonidine, or a functionally analogous derivative thereof, as an agent for the inhibition of marine biofouling on a surface, by application thereon of said compound, is disclosed. Also a method for inhibition of marine biofouling on a surface by application of said compound is disclosed.