Use of Microbiological and Chemical Data to Evaluate the Effects of Tourism on Water Quality in Karstic Cenotes in Yucatan, Mexico. [PDF]
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol, 2023 Arcega-Cabrera F +7 more
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A Review of Disturbances to the Ecosystems of the Mexican Caribbean, Their Causes and Consequences
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 In a relatively short timescale (less than 50 years), urbanization has caused many anthropogenic disturbances that have affected ecosystem health and, directly or indirectly, quality of life for the local human population.
Izchel Gómez +5 more
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Percepción de congestión y dimensión social de la capacidad de carga en cenotes de Yucatán
Cuadernos de Turismo, 2020 La visita masiva de turistas a los cenotes de Yucatán tiene impactos negativos sobre dos elementos: el recurso natural y la experiencia misma del visitante. Este estudio mide y compara, a través del indicador percepción de congestión, los impactos de la
Fernando Enseñat-Soberanis +2 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR DATA COLLECTION IN PHOTOGRAMMETRIC STUDIES TOWARD A UNIFIED DATABASE OF OBJECTS AND FEATURES IN UNDERWATER CAVES IN MEXICO [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021 Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is predominantly formed as a karstic terrain on limestone substrates where hundreds of kilometres of now submerged caves constitute extended networks of galleries partially accessible through cenotes, or karstic windows.
J. Fortin +4 more
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Restoring the environment, revitalizing the culture: cenote conservation in Yucatan, Mexico
Ecology and Society, 2017 Cenotes are sinkholes through which groundwater may be accessed from the Yucatan Peninsula Aquifer. Historically and culturally, cenotes are also important cultural and spiritual natural sites for the Maya, but they have been contaminated and degraded ...
Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado, Fikret Berkes
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Journal of Limnology, 2018 Cenotes (sinkholes), formed by the dissolution of the carbonate rock, are the most common waterbodies on the Yucatan Peninsula. Despite their unique features and great amount in the region, our knowledge on the biota of cenotes remains fragmentary ...
Ladislav Hamerlík +6 more
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First record of subterranean freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the cenotes of Yucatán state [PDF]
Subterranean Biology, 2019 The biospeleological investigations of several cenotes in the eastern region of Yucatán state, Mexico, during January 2018 yielded, among other invertebrates, two new truncatelloid gastropod species described herein as Mexicenotica xochii gen. n.
Jozef Grego +2 more
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Geofísica Internacional, 1996 El acuífero de la península de Yucatán es un acuífero cárstico, el cual se caracteriza por su alta permeabilidad. Huellas del proceso de la carstificación, como los túneles y las cavernas (cenotes), se pueden apreciar en toda la península.
Birgit Steinicht +2 more
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New discovery of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1759) in cenote ecosystems of Yucatan, Mexico: Morphological and molecular insights [PDF]
Subterranean BiologyFor over five decades, the biodiversity of freshwater sponges from Yucatan cenotes has remained largely unexplored. Scientific documentation is limited to studies from 1936 and 1968, which highlights a significant knowledge gap.
Pablo Alberto Hernández-Solis +3 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2009 DADA LA NATURALEZA ESTACIONAL DE ECOSISTEMAS COMO CENOTES PERMANENTES Y HUMEDALES TEMPORALES, SU FAUNA ÍCTIOLÓGICA EXPERIMENTA PROCESOS LOCALES ANUALES DE EXTINCIÓN Y COLONIZACIÓN, CON GRANDES FLUCTUACIONES EN EL TAMAÑO POBLACIONAL.
LUIS ZAMBRANO +3 more
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