Bridging Divides

✍ Scribed by Stephan Gollasch

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 329
• Series: Monographiae Biologicae
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Maritime canals dissolve natural barriers to the dispersal of marine organisms, thus providing them with many opportunities for natural dispersal, as well as for shipping-mediated transport. The introduction of alien species proved to be one of the most profound and damaging anthropogenic deeds - involving both ecological and economic costs. This book is the first to compare the impacts of the three principal maritime canals Kiel, Panama, Suez as invasion corridor for alien biota. The three differ in their geographic locations, hydrological regimes, and in their permeability to alien biota.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Overall Introduction......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 18
2 History and canal construction......Page 21
3 Topography and canal details......Page 41
4 Importance of the canal for the shipping industry......Page 49
5 Canal water characteristics......Page 51
6 History of biological studies in the Kiel Canal......Page 54
7 Colonization of the canal by native and non-native species......Page 57
8 Introduction of non-indigenous species......Page 74
9 Impacts of non-native species......Page 87
10 Summary of species migrations through the Kiel Canal......Page 91
11 References......Page 94
1 Introduction and prehistory......Page 104
2 Construction of the canal......Page 109
3 References......Page 123
1 Introduction......Page 126
2 Magnitude and tempo of commercial shipping in the Panama Canal......Page 127
3 Overall direction of traffic and ballasted transits......Page 129
4 Direction of traffic and ballasted transits by vessel type......Page 130
5 Relative scale of shipping associated with the Panama Canal......Page 133
6 Effects of the Panama Canal on biotic exchange......Page 135
7 References......Page 138
1 The canal and its environs......Page 140
2 Effects of the canal on species introductions......Page 155
3 The canal as a biological pathway between the oceans......Page 166
4 References......Page 213
1 Ancient isthmian canals......Page 220
2 Forty centuries are watching us......Page 226
3 A man, a plan, and two canals: Ferdinand de Lesseps [1805-1894]......Page 228
4 Ever deeper, ever wider – the expansion of the Suez Canal......Page 232
5 Shipping......Page 235
6 Shipping impacts and pollution in the Suez Canal......Page 236
7 Hydrography and hydrodynamics......Page 239
8 Studies of the biota of the Suez Canal and the adjacent marine biotas 1869-2005......Page 245
9 The drivers of the Erythrean invasion......Page 253
10 Records of invasion......Page 261
11 The spatial and temporal patterns of the Erythrean invasion......Page 278
12 "Good neighbours"? – The impact of Erythrean aliens on the native biota......Page 284
13 The parasitofauna of the Erythrean aliens in the Mediterranean......Page 289
14 The "silver lining"? – The economic impact of Erythrean aliens......Page 294
15 Coda......Page 301
16 References......Page 302
Canals, Invasion Corridors and Introductions......Page 314
Lessons from existing canals......Page 315
Future scenarios......Page 316
Prevention and management measures......Page 317
References......Page 319
B......Page 320
C......Page 321
F......Page 322
K......Page 323
M......Page 324
P......Page 325
R......Page 326
S......Page 327
Z......Page 328