Bridging divides : Maritime canals as invasion corridors
- Author
- Stephan Gollasch, Bella S. Galil, Andrew N. Cohen
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Environmental Science
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Maritime canals dissolve natural barriers to the dispersal of marine organisms, thus providing novel opportunities for natural dispersal, as well as for shipping-mediated transport. The introduction of alien species has proved to be one of the most profound and damaging of anthropogenic deeds - with both ecological and economic costs. This book is the first to assess the impacts of the world’s three principal maritime canals – the Kiel, the Panama, the Suez – as invasion corridors for alien biota. These three canals differ in their hydrological regimes, the types of biotas they connect, and in their permeability to invasions.
Keywords: Earth and environmental science / Biological nvasions / Coast / Ocean / Oceanography / / Sediment / Atlas / Benthic / Controlling / Development / Ecosystem / Environment / Marine / Marine organisms / Marine species / Organization
