| AVS 54th International Symposium | |
| Marine Biofouling Topical Conference | Tuesday Sessions |
| Session MB+BI-TuP |
| Session: | Marine Biofouling Poster Session |
| Presenter: | M. Apolinário, PETROBRAS, Brazil |
| Authors: | M. Apolinário, PETROBRAS, Brazil A. Racco, LNCC, Brazil |
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The Cellular Automata (CA) model was used in a computational simulation between an introduced species in Brazilian, Rio de Janeiro State’s waters Megabalanus coccopoma and a cryptogenic species Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Balanidae), obtaining a time series where M. tintinnabulum firstly occurs alone and then it interacts with the entrance of M. coccopoma in the system. The simulation also gets data about spatial distribution of both species and column formation, representing the specimens’ assessment one above the other, as it occurs at the natural environment. The results show that total recruitment of each species within the maximum height of the columns is important for the predominance of the introduced species in comparison with the cryptogenic one. The comparison between CA model and natural distribution of both species shows that CA represents significantly the interaction between both species of barnacles in the studied area.