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Did the construction of the Panama and Suez canals affect the ecology of the surrounding waters?

Despite the small overland distance, would connecting two very different bodies of water have a noticeable effect on the flora and fauna of the two regions?
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Suez allowed lots of marine organisms from Red Sea to enter Mediterranean Sea. This process is so wide spread it is given a name; Lessepsian migration or sometimes Lessepsian invasion. It effects on Mediterranean ecosystems hasn't been great.