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. © 2006 Springer, All Rights Reserved.
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Gollasch, S., Galil, B. S., & Cohen, A. N. (2006). Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors. Bridging Divides: Maritime Canals as Invasion Corridors (Vol. 83, pp. 1–316). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5047-3
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