Terminos Lagoon is a protected area in Campeche, México. This region has economical, social and scientific importance because it has high level of biodiversity, abundance of economic resources, fisheries activities focused mainly on shrimp, food produccion by agriculture, oil industry (exploration and explotation) and aquaculture initiatives. The concern about the...
En el presente trabajo se analiza el cultivo y manejo de la generación F1 de un lote de trucha seleccionada genéticamente, comparando su desempeño en dos sistemas intensivos de cultivo; un sistema cerrado de recirculación (SCR) y un sistema de canales de corriente rápida (CCR). En el SCR, se colocaron...
The composition and structure were determined of the fish communities in the Bays of Huatulco in Oaxaca, Mexico and their relationship with habitat characteristics (roughness, substratum diversity, type and proportion of substratum, depth). The ichthyofauna was characterized using visual census and longitudinal transects of 10 meters. Six field surveys were...
The Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) is a wide area, with a high number of endemic fishes. Gobiidae is one of the most diverse fish families with around 1,900 species. Currently, gobies are considered the most successful evolutionary lineages of vertebrates, the extensive adaptive radiation has allowed them to colonize mainly...
La Reserva de la Biosfera los Petenes (RBLP) cuenta con hábitats costeros con vegetación acuática sumergida (VAS), como macroalgas y praderas de pastos marinos, la cual es la más extensa y mejor conservada del Golfo de México. El uso preferencial de este tipo de vegetación, por peces e invertebrados durante...
Microplastics are persistent pollutants with a maximum length of 5000 µm. They contain additives that are vectors of other contaminants, such as POPs and metals, capable of causing damage to the ecosystem. Their presence in sediment increases the temperature and decreases the permeability. On the other hand, plastic particles are...