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| − | [[File:Canal de Suez.jpg|thumb|292x292px|The | + | [[File:Canal de Suez.jpg|thumb|292x292px|The Suez Canal, through which marine species migrate in the so-called '''Lessepsian migration''']] |
| − | The '''Lessepsian migration''' is the | + | The '''Lessepsian migration''' is the migration of marine species across the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and, more rarely, in the opposite direction. |
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| + | When the canal was completed in 1869, marine animals were exposed to a new passage between the two formerly separate bodies of water. Cross-contamination could happen between previously isolated ecosystems. This phenomenon is still occurring today. It is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the France diplomat in charge of the canal's construction. | ||
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| + | ===Lessepsian Migrants=== | ||
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| − | Image:PC041015 Trumpet Fish.JPG| | + | Image:PC041015 Trumpet Fish.JPG|[[Trumpetfish]] |
| − | Image:PC040789 Moray.JPG| | + | Image:PC040789 Moray.JPG|[[Moray eel]] |
| − | Image:PC051186 Mackerel.JPG| | + | Image:PC051186 Mackerel.JPG|[[Mackerel]] |
| − | Image:PC051144 Yellowstripe Goatfish.JPG| | + | Image:PC051144 Yellowstripe Goatfish.JPG|[[Goatfish]] |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:39, 16 January 2021
The Lessepsian migration is the migration of marine species across the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and, more rarely, in the opposite direction.
When the canal was completed in 1869, marine animals were exposed to a new passage between the two formerly separate bodies of water. Cross-contamination could happen between previously isolated ecosystems. This phenomenon is still occurring today. It is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the France diplomat in charge of the canal's construction.
