Aquatic ecosystems of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), Belize, and Guatemala

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 661, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 407-433

  Pérez, Liseth ^a   Bugja, Rita ^a   Lorenschat, Julia ^a   Brenner, Mark ^b   Curtis, Jason ^b   Hoelzmann, Philipp ^c   Islebe, Gerald ^d   Scharf, Burkhard ^a   Schwalb, Antje ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Belize; Guatemala; Limnology; Neotropical aquatic ecosystems; Physical and chemical water variables; Surface sediment geochemistry; Yucat n Peninsula

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KARST; LAKE POLLUTION; LIMNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINE INTRUSION; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79957921074     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0552-9     Document Type: Article

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