Are the Great Lakes at risk of new fish invasions from trans-Atlantic shipping?
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a Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada b Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada c Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada d Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A OC4, Canada e McGill School of the Environment, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A OC4, Canada
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