The key role of the chemolimnion in meromictic cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 677, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-127

  Torres Talamante, Olmo ^a   Alcocer, Javier ^b   Beddows, Patricia A ^c   Escobar Briones, Elva G ^d   Lugo, Alfonso ^b  

^a Colectividad RAZONATURA AC ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anchialine; Anoxia; Bacterioplankton; Karst; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Sinkhole; Tropical lake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; GREEN ALGA; MEROMICTIC LAKE; NUTRIENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCUBA DIVING; SINKHOLE; TROPICAL REGION; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 80655127855     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0746-9     Document Type: Article

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