Figures & data
Figure 1 Life cycle of Barnacle (Balanus amphitrite).
Figure 2 Schematic illustrating exploring behavior and settlement of cypris larvae. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation31] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
Figure 3 Number of barnacle settlements and dead larvae on several substrates. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation31] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
Figure 4 Relative number of settlements on day 5 for hydrogels with different functional groups. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation31] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
Figure 5 Relative number of settlements on the bottom surface after 5 days of exposure versus elastic modulus for several substrates. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation31] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
Figure 6 Elastic modulus (E) versus swelling degree (q) for several hydrogels. The dotted line shows the scaling relationship E∼q−3. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation31] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
Figure 7 (A) Dry weight of sessile organisms and (B) area ratio of barnacles settled on various substrates after 330-day exposure. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation35] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
Figure 8 Basal diameter distribution of barnacles settled on various surfaces, and photographs of the basal surfaces after exposure for 330 days. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation35] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
Figure 9 Illustrations of the growth of (A) an adult barnacle on a solid surface (adapted from [Citation39]) and (B) barnacles on substrates with different elasticity. (Reproduced with permission from [Citation35] ©2009 Taylor and Francis.)
