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Canals, invasion corridors and introductions
Type of publication
Kitos knygos dalis / Part of other book (Y7)
Type of document
type::text::book::book part
Author(s)
Hewitt, Chad | National Centre for Marine and Coastal Conservation |
Minchin, Jonathan Dan | Marine Organism Investigations |
Gollasch, Stephan | GoConsult |
Title
Canals, invasion corridors and introductions
Date Issued
Date Issued |
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2006 |
Extent
p. 301-306
Is part of
Bridging divides : maritime canals as invasion corridors. Dordrecht : Springer, 2006. ISBN 9781402050466.
Series/Report no.
Monographiae biologicae, ISSN 0077-0639; vol. 83
Field of Science
Abstract
The article deals with the canals, invasion corridors and introductions. Aquatic species spread via canals as a result of unaited, gradual and often unperceived movements through a canal system, with human activities or as combinations of these. Canals act in similar fashion to other recognised vectors of aquatic biological invasions: they eliminate biogeographic barriers and craete links at different scales between lakes, watersheds and oceans. This in turn provides opportunities for populations of species that have evolved in isolation over long periods of geological time to expand and interact with other populations. The three grand engineering projects discussed in this book, the Kiel, Panam and Suez canals, each demonstrably acts as a corridor of invasions. These canals created significant economic, social and political stress during development, yet the economic benefits, and safer shipping conditions they provided were considered to justify the costs. When these canals were built however, no thought was given to the impacts arising from species invasions.
Is Referenced by
ISBN (of the container)
9781402050466
9781402050473
Scopus
2-s2.0-84895388388
eLABa
2430412
Coverage Spatial
Nyderlandai / Netherlands (NL)
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Bibliographic Details
17
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