Hydrogeochemical and biological characteristics of cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula (SE Mexico)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 467, Issue , 2002, Pages 215-228

  Schmitter Soto, J J ^a   Comin F A ^b,c   Escobar Briones, E ^d   Herrera Silveira, J ^f   Alcocer, J ^e   Suarez Morales E ^a   Elias Gutierrez M ^a   Diaz Arce V ^f   Marin L E ^d   Steinich, B ^g  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f Ciudad Universitaria ^*

^g CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chlorophyll; Karst; Nutrients; Sinkholes; Tropical limnology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CALCIUM; CAVES; GROUNDWATER; ROCKS; SODIUM; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CENOTES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOTA; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KARST; LIMNOLOGY; SINKHOLE;

MEXICO;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; PISCES;

EID: 0036230968     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014923217206     Document Type: Article

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