Bridging Divides Maritime Canals as Invasion Corridors /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gollasch, Stephan (Editor ), Galil, Bella S. (Editor ), Cohen, Andrew N. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Monographiae Biologicae, 83
Temas:
Freshwater ecology.
Marine ecology.
Physical geography.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
Earth System Sciences.
Conservation Biology.
Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overall Introduction
  • Overall Introduction
  • The Kiel Canal
  • The World's Busiest Man-made Waterway and Biological Invasions
  • The Panama Canal
  • Chapter I Cutting a Canal Through Central America
  • Chapter II Shipping Patterns Associated with the Panama Canal: Effects on Biotic Exchange?
  • Chapter III Species Introductions and the Panama Canal
  • The Suez Canal
  • The Marine Caravan - The Suez Canal and the Erythrean Invasion
  • Epilogue
  • Canals, Invasion Corridors and Introductions.

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