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Red to Mediterranean Sea bioinvasion: natural drift through the Suez Canal, or anthropogenic transport?
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2004
Shefer Sigal, Abelson Avigdor, Mokady Ofer, Geffen Eli
Abstract excerpt
The biota of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea has experienced dramatic changes in the last decades, in part as a result of the massive invasion of Red Sea species. The mechanism generally hypothesized for the 'Red-to-Med' invasion is that of natural dispersal through the Suez Canal. To date, however, this hypothesis has not been tested. This study examines the mode of invasion, using as a model the...
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