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Author Gollasch, Stephan

Title Bridging divides : maritime canals as invasion corridors / by Stephan Gollasch, Bella S. Galil and Andrew N. Cohen
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Monographiae biologicae ; v. 83
Monographiae biologicae ; v. 83.
Contents Overall introduction / Dan Minchin [and others] -- The Kiel Canal : the world's busiest man-made waterway and biological invasions / Stephan Gollasch & Harald Rosenthal -- The Panama Canal. Cutting a canal through Central America / Andrew N. Cohen. Shipping patterns associated with the Panama Canal : effects on biotic exchange? / Gregory M. Ruiz [and others]. Species introductions and the Panama Canal / Andrew N. Cohen -- The Suez Canal : the marine caravan -- the Suez Canal and the Erythrean invasion / Bella S. Galil -- Epilogue : canals, invasion corridors and introductions / Chad Hewitt [and others]
Summary 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. This book assesses the impacts of the world's three principal maritime canals - the Kiel, the Panama, the Suez - as invasion corridors for alien biota
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Canals.
Canals -- Environmental aspects
Isolating mechanisms.
Biogeography.
Biological invasions.
canals (waterways)
NATURE -- Animals -- Marine Life.
Canals -- Environmental aspects.
Isolating mechanisms.
Biogeography.
Biological invasions.
Canals.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
Biogeography
Biological invasions
Canals
Canals -- Environmental aspects
Isolating mechanisms
Form Electronic book
Author Galil, Bella
Cohen, Andrew N
ISBN 1402050461
9781402050466
140205047X
9781402050473
6610716536
9786610716531
1280716533
9781280716539
Other Titles Maritime canals as invasion corridors