A similar colonisation pattern was observed between
azoic and Scolelepis treatments in terms of density, diversity and community structure.
The European Commission has adopted a new Directive prohibiting chromium-based
azoic colours for dying textiles (more commonly known as azo-dyes), a ban that must take effect no later than June 30, 2004.
The lack of light, the extremely high pressure even at moderate depths (hydrostatic pressure increases by 1 atmosphere with every 33 ft [10 m] depth) and the predictable lack of food due to the absence of primary producers, led the English naturalist Edward Forbes to formulate the
azoic theory at the middle of the last century.
Only about 150 years ago, biologists were convinced that the deep ocean was an "
azoic zone" where crushing pressure made life impossible.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is imposing a ban on the manufacture in India of the 190 prohibited dyes, including 84 direct dyes, 30 acid dyes, 16 disperse dyes, 11 basic dyes, 11
azoic dyes and 38 pigments.
Since the oyster shell used in this study was
azoic, it is likely that megalopae were responding more to a tactile stimulus (physical and hydrodynamic) rather than a chemical one in their choice of shell over mud.
It is used for the synthesis of reactive, direct,
azoic, acidic, vat, anthraquinone, indigo, phthalocyanine, carbonium, polymethine, and nitro dye.