‘Double trouble’: the expansion of the Suez Canal and marine bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea

@article{Galil2014DoubleTT,
  title={‘Double trouble’: the expansion of the Suez Canal and marine bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea},
  author={Bella S. Galil and Ferdinando Boero and Marnie L Campbell and James T. Carlton and Elizabeth J. Cook and Simonetta Fraschetti and Stephan Gollasch and Chad L. Hewitt and Anders Jelmert and Enrique Macpherson and Agnese Marchini and Cynthia H. McKenzie and Dan Minchin and Anna Occhipinti‐Ambrogi and Henn Ojaveer and Sergej Olenin and Stefano Piraino and Gregory M. Ruiz},
  journal={Biological Invasions},
  year={2014},
  volume={17},
  pages={973-976}
}
‘‘Egypt to build new Suez canal... ‘This giant project will be the creation of a new Suez canal parallel to the current channel’ said Mohab Mamish, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, in a televised speech.’’ (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/ egypt-build-new-suez-canal, viewed August 13, 2014). This is ominous news. Expected to double the capacity of the Suez Canal, the expansion is sure to have a diverse range of effects, at local and regional scales, on both the biological… 
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