There is no similar problem with the Panama canal because it's design uses
locks to lift ships to a freshwater lake system and then back down.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alfonso Pina <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:32 PM
Subject: Lessepsian. Panamian?
>Hello,
>
>Is there a "Panamian" effect similar to the Lessepsian one?
>(By the way, Ferdinand de Lesseps also tried to built the Panama channel,
>but he couldn't do it)