On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organisms

The scientific evidence accumulated on the migrations that zooplankton make from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal was analyzed. A conclusion was reached that some of the zooplankton, e.g. copepods Pontellina plumata, Calocalanus pavoninus, Arietellus pavoninus, reported in the...

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Main Author: A.V. KOVALEV
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 2006-06-01
Series:Mediterranean Marine Science
Online Access:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12143
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spelling doaj-bc5b3510739d4c17bc0e027aab53ef052020-11-24T20:46:27ZengHellenic Centre for Marine ResearchMediterranean Marine Science1108-393X1791-67632006-06-0172677210.12681/mms.17110595On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organismsA.V. KOVALEV0Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Nakhimov Ave., 2, SevastopolThe scientific evidence accumulated on the migrations that zooplankton make from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal was analyzed. A conclusion was reached that some of the zooplankton, e.g. copepods Pontellina plumata, Calocalanus pavoninus, Arietellus pavoninus, reported in the literature as immigrants from the Red Sea, may in fact come from the Atlantic. The assumption is based on the fact that these organisms occur both in the eastern and the western Mediterranean. They inhabit the Atlantic Ocean, the Gibraltar Strait and the adjoining seawater, but are absent from the Suez Canal. It can be presumed that some zooplankton species widespread in the world ocean entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Gibraltar Strait and the Suez Canal.https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12143
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On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organisms
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title On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organisms
title_short On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organisms
title_full On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organisms
title_fullStr On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organisms
title_full_unstemmed On the problem of Lessepsian migrations of zooplanktonic organisms
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1791-6763
publishDate 2006-06-01
description The scientific evidence accumulated on the migrations that zooplankton make from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal was analyzed. A conclusion was reached that some of the zooplankton, e.g. copepods Pontellina plumata, Calocalanus pavoninus, Arietellus pavoninus, reported in the literature as immigrants from the Red Sea, may in fact come from the Atlantic. The assumption is based on the fact that these organisms occur both in the eastern and the western Mediterranean. They inhabit the Atlantic Ocean, the Gibraltar Strait and the adjoining seawater, but are absent from the Suez Canal. It can be presumed that some zooplankton species widespread in the world ocean entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Gibraltar Strait and the Suez Canal.
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