Publication Date |
1995 |
Personal Author |
Zilinskas, R. A.; Colwell, R. R.; Lipton, D. W.; Hill, R. T. |
Page Count |
400 |
Abstract |
This report addresses the emerging science and developing technologies encompassed by marine biotechnology. It contains a broad overview of marine biotechnology, set forth industrial realities, and assesses the future potential of this new field of biotechnology. The report has eight chapters. The first contains a wide-range of major scientific achievements in marine biotechnology. The subject area encompassed within marine biotechnology are grouped within six areas: aquaculture; marine animal health; marine natural products; biofilm and bioadhesion in the marine environment; bioremediation; and marine ecology and biological oceanography. The remaining chapters detail an extensive survey and status report on marine biotechnology in the United States, Japan, Australia and Norway. |
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Corporate Authors |
Maryland Univ., College Park. Maryland Sea Grant Coll.; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC. |
Supplemental Notes |
Library of Congress catalog card no. 95-077166. Sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC. |
Document Type |
Technical Report |
NTIS Issue Number |
199519 |