Emergent Ecologies in the
Mediterranean Sea
Photo: Yehuda Perutz
Karin Ahlberg
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CASE 2. Emergent Ecologies in the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is undergoing one of the world’s largest marine transformation. The Suez Canal, dug to shorten the route between East and West, has become a “highway” for tropical marine species (jellyfish, rabbitfish, crustacea and algae), in search of new habitats.
There is more to fish than food and biology. Migratory fishes tell stories about past world-orders and global shipping. Escaping marine heatwaves and underwater deserts, they also co-write the future of our seas.
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Selected publications
The Wild Workforce: Enlisting Non-Human Labour in Invasive Species Management
2025. von Essen, E., Wanderer, E., Lennon, G., and Ahlberg, K. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (online). https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486241300941
Dealing with Biodiversity Dilemmas in Ordinary Places: The Case of Invasive and Introduced Species
2024. von Essen, E., Ahlberg, K., Cole, T., Karlsson B. G., and Maček, I. Nature and Culture 19(3): 237-45. https://doi.org/10.3167/nc.2024.190301
Who Cares about Jellyfish? An Environmental Legacy of the Suez Canal Begins to Surface
2022. Ahlberg, K. International Journal of Middle East Studies 54(4): 764–71.
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