Introductions Summary

Ref. principal:	Bariche, M. 2011
To	coast of Lebanon
FAO area	Mediterranean and Black Sea
From:	Red Sea
FAO area	Indian Ocean, Western
Year
Range	-
Period	unknown
Established in the wild	unknown,
Established in aquaculture	-
Significant ecological interactions	-
Significant socio-economic effects	-
Introduced by:
Reason	Lessepsian migration
Other reason
Comments	The transfer via ballast water is not excluded as another reason for its introduction the Mediterranean. The high number of recent Lessepsian migrations on the eastern Mediterranean is more likely a result of the widening and deepening of the Suez canal, habitat degradation and other factors linked to climate change (Ref. 96897). Ref:




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