An Evaluation of Proposed Mechanisms of Slab Flattening in Central Mexico [PDF]
Central Mexico is the site of an enigmatic zone of flat subduction. The general geometry of the subducting slab has been known for some time and is characterized by a horizontal zone bounded on either side by two moderately dipping sections.
Clayton, Robert W., Skinner, Steven M.
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Initiation of a Stable Convective Hydroclimatic Regime in Central America Circa 9000 Years BP [PDF]
Many Holocene hydroclimate records show rainfall changes that vary with local orbital insolation. However, some tropical regions display rainfall evolution that differs from gradual precessional pacing, suggesting that direct rainfall forcing effects ...
Cheng, Hai +11 more
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Sea fan corals provide a stable isotope baseline for assessing sewage pollution in the Mexican Caribbean [PDF]
We compared stable nitrogen isotope (d15N) values from the common Caribbean sea fan Gorgonia ventalina, collected from a developed and undeveloped coastline, to test the hypothesis that sewage‐derived nitrogen (N) inputs are detectable and more severe in developed areas along the Mesoamerican barrier reef of Mexico. The Akumal coast was selected as the
Maldonado, MA +3 more
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Climate change (along with other factors) has caused an increase in the proliferation of brown algal mats floating freely along the Atlantic Ocean since 2011. These brown algae mats are composed of sea plants from the Sargassum genus.
Jorge Gabriel Orozco-González +6 more
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Chalcosicya maya n. sp, a new Mexican species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumoplinae) and its implications for morphology and biogeography [PDF]
Chalcosicya maya, new species, (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) is described and the species key of Blake (1951) is modified to accommodate it. This is the first known mainland species of this previously Antillean genus.
Flowers, R. Wills
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[Species of dinoflagellates of the genus Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) in the Mexican Caribbean Sea].
Some dinoflagellates with benthic habits are related to ciguatera intoxication by fish consumption, especially in tropical areas. In the Mexican Caribbean, ciguatera is relatively common, but only one paper seems to have been published on the subject, and there are very few publicactions on phytoplankton and benthic microalgae. Material collected along
D U, Hernández-Becerril +1 more
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Water samples taken from the Rodadero Bay, Caribbean Colombian coast, yielded an undescribed species of harpacticoid copepod of the family Tisbidae, Tisbintra monroyi sp. nov. and a new record of Geehydrosoma brevipodum.
Samuel Gómez, Juan M. Fuentes-Reinés
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Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean alter the trophic structure of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum [PDF]
The arrival of large masses of drifting Sargassum since 2011 has caused changes in the natural dynamics of Caribbean coastal ecosystems. In the summer of 2015, unprecedented and massive mats of S. fluitans and S.
Nancy Cabanillas-Terán +4 more
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New species of sabellariids (Annelida: Sabellariidae) from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
In the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, 15 species of sabellariids have been described. Since Kirtley’s (1994) worldwide review, at least seven species have not been re-recorded for this region.
Yessica Chávez-López
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Identification of Phytoplankton Blooms under the Index of Inherent Optical Properties (IOP Index)
Phytoplankton blooms are sporadic events in time and isolated in space. This complex phenomenon is produced by a variety of both natural and anthropogenic causes.
Jesús A. Aguilar-Maldonado +6 more
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