Ebook: Advances in Mexican Limnology: Basic and Applied Aspects

The present volume comprises aspects of both basic and applied limnology. They include works on physical, chemical, and biological limnology, as well as experimental approaches in selected areas.
Contributions from investigators regarding aquatic conservation and biodiversity were specifically not available and therefore, these aspects are considered in various included works. Most manuscripts deal with lentic aquatic resources. This is not surprising since Mexican limnology followed the general study trend of that from temperate limnology. Despite this, we must emphasize that lotic resources in Mexico are quite important both locally and regionally. This does not mean that rivers are not under limnological research in Mexico, just that their study has only recently begun.

It is the intention of the volume to stimulate a larger section of limnologists to further research in this field. It is to be hoped that policy-framing governmental authorities in Mexico will benefit from it, and consider some of the aspects described so that further damage to the epicontinental waterbodies can be halted, and remedial measures can be considered in the future.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
A re-evaluation of the Macrothrix rosea-triserialis group, with the description of two new species (Crustacea Anomopoda: Macrothricidae)....Pages 1-44
Branchinecta oterosanvicentei n. sp. (Branchiopoda: Anostraca), a new fairy shrimp from the Chihuahuan desert, with a proposal for the conservation of the Branchinectidae of Mexico....Pages 45-56
The external micro-anatomy of the cephalon of the asellotan isopod Craseriella anops ....Pages 57-62
Population growth of Asplanchna sieboldi fed two Brachionus spp. (Rotifera) raised on green alga and baker’s yeast....Pages 63-69
Nitrogen fixation patterns displayed by cyanobacterial consortia in Alchichica crater-lake, Mexico....Pages 71-78
Phytoplankton of cenotes and anchialine caves along a distance gradient from the northeastern coast of Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula....Pages 79-89
Phytoplankton composition and biomass in a shallow monomictic tropical lake....Pages 91-98
Seasonal variations of zooplankton abundance in the freshwater reservoir Valle de Bravo (Mexico)....Pages 99-108
Oligochaetes from six tropical crater lakes in Central Mexico: species composition, density and biomass....Pages 109-116
Fish abundance and trophic structure from the commercial catch in Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico....Pages 117-122
Spatial and temporal variation patterns of a waterfowl community in a reservoir system of the Central Plateau, Mexico....Pages 123-131
Structure of a pond community in Central Mexico....Pages 133-139
On the dynamical response of Lake Chapala, Mexico to lake breeze forcing....Pages 141-157
Interaction of water quantity with water quality: the Lake Chapala example....Pages 159-167
Sensitivity of Mexican water bodies to regional climatic change: three study alternatives applied to remote sensed data of Lake Patzcuaro....Pages 169-176
Characterization of small shallow ponds with color video imagery in Central Mexico....Pages 177-185
Lake Patzcuaro (Mexico): a controversy about the ecosystem water regime approached by field references, climatic variables, and GIS....Pages 187-197
Developing diatom-based transfer functions for Central Mexican lakes....Pages 199-213
Hydrogeochemical and biological characteristics of cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula (SE Mexico)....Pages 215-228

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
A re-evaluation of the Macrothrix rosea-triserialis group, with the description of two new species (Crustacea Anomopoda: Macrothricidae)....Pages 1-44
Branchinecta oterosanvicentei n. sp. (Branchiopoda: Anostraca), a new fairy shrimp from the Chihuahuan desert, with a proposal for the conservation of the Branchinectidae of Mexico....Pages 45-56
The external micro-anatomy of the cephalon of the asellotan isopod Craseriella anops ....Pages 57-62
Population growth of Asplanchna sieboldi fed two Brachionus spp. (Rotifera) raised on green alga and baker’s yeast....Pages 63-69
Nitrogen fixation patterns displayed by cyanobacterial consortia in Alchichica crater-lake, Mexico....Pages 71-78
Phytoplankton of cenotes and anchialine caves along a distance gradient from the northeastern coast of Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula....Pages 79-89
Phytoplankton composition and biomass in a shallow monomictic tropical lake....Pages 91-98
Seasonal variations of zooplankton abundance in the freshwater reservoir Valle de Bravo (Mexico)....Pages 99-108
Oligochaetes from six tropical crater lakes in Central Mexico: species composition, density and biomass....Pages 109-116
Fish abundance and trophic structure from the commercial catch in Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico....Pages 117-122
Spatial and temporal variation patterns of a waterfowl community in a reservoir system of the Central Plateau, Mexico....Pages 123-131
Structure of a pond community in Central Mexico....Pages 133-139
On the dynamical response of Lake Chapala, Mexico to lake breeze forcing....Pages 141-157
Interaction of water quantity with water quality: the Lake Chapala example....Pages 159-167
Sensitivity of Mexican water bodies to regional climatic change: three study alternatives applied to remote sensed data of Lake Patzcuaro....Pages 169-176
Characterization of small shallow ponds with color video imagery in Central Mexico....Pages 177-185
Lake Patzcuaro (Mexico): a controversy about the ecosystem water regime approached by field references, climatic variables, and GIS....Pages 187-197
Developing diatom-based transfer functions for Central Mexican lakes....Pages 199-213
Hydrogeochemical and biological characteristics of cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula (SE Mexico)....Pages 215-228
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