The enlargement of the Suez Canal and introduction of Non-Indigenous species to the Mediterranean Sea

Galil, B., Boero, F., Fraschetti, S., Piraino, S., Campbell, M., Hewitt, C., Carlton, J., Cook, E., Jelmert, A., Macpherson, E., Marchini, A., Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., Mckenzie, C., Minchin, D., Ojaveer, H., Olenin, S. and Ruiz, G. (2015) The enlargement of the Suez Canal and introduction of Non-Indigenous species to the Mediterranean Sea. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 24 (2). pp. 43-45.

Abstract

The Suez Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world – during the last year 17,148 ships passed through the Canal – reducing emissions, saving time, and operating costs to shippers. The rapid increase in ship size from the “Post-Suezmax” (> 12,000 TEU) to the latest container vessels (> 19,000 TEU) now requires enlargements of port facilities and canals...

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publisher:	Wiley
Copyright:	© 2015 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/64640

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