Talk:Lessepsian migration

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Attribution to modern suez canal

The article currently attributes all Lessepsian migration to the construction of the modern Suez Canal, but the Canal of the Pharoahs must surely have contributed to this migration as well? Is there any research to support this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.255.32.106 (talk) 05:35, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

That canal was a freshwater canal (from the Nile to the Red Sea), so it would not have been very hospitable to marine organisms. JingleJim (talk) 10:35, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Kapenta

Is the colonisation by Limnothrissa miodon of Lake Cahora Bassa another example of Lessepsian Migration? The fish survived transit through the turbines of the Kariba Dam to colonise the Zambezi waters downstream. Quetzal1964 21:00, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Fishery & Ecosystem Response

I did an extensive project on this topic for my fisheries-ecosystem management class on the Eastern Mediterranean, and wondered if it would be appropriate to add my findings to this article. Namely, I would like to add the biological response and species interactions between the native and invasive species of the Indo-Pacific (giving specific examples), the impact on local fisheries, and the past and current management regulations and policies to reduce invasives in this region, and finally to provide future management plans and methods based off my literature review. Please let me know your thoughts! Sphyrnidae76 (talk) 21:13, 10 November 2017 (UTC)Sphyrnidae76

Failed verification

Hi I do not understand your action on this article. The FishBase link works, why does it need verified? Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alosa pseudoharengus". FishBase. June 2021 version. Quetzal1964 (talk) 17:39, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

• Hello @Quetzal1964: {{failed verification}} is for statements that have a citation but it has been verified and has failed to say what the text says. In this case none of the preceding paragraph seems to agree with the FishBase page. Invasive Spices (talk) 17:59, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Contradiction

Two succeeding paragraphs in the Background section appear to contradict one another.

The second paragraph says:

The Red Sea, an extension of the Indian Ocean, is generally saltier and less nutrient-rich than the Mediterranean . . .

The third says:

The Red Sea is a profusely abundant tropical marine environment . . . while the Mediterranean is a temperate sea with much lower productivity . . .

So, the Red sea is lower in nutrients yet profusely abundant? The Mediterranean is nutrient-rich but has lower productivity? These should be reconciled (or corrected). JingleJim (talk) 10:42, 17 April 2025 (UTC)