Table des matières
Part 1. Physicochemical characteristics
Alfonso Esquive Herrera et Ruth Soto Castor
A multivariate approach to the spatial and temporal water characterization parameters at the tropical Sontecomapan Lagoon, MexicoPart 2. Biota
María Elena Castellanos-Páez, Gabriela Garza-Mouriño et Marcela Ivonne Benítez-Díaz Mirón
Literature review and update checklist for the biota of Sontecomapan Lagoon- Materials and Methods
- Results
- 1. Flora
- 1.1. Phytoplankton
- 1.2. Macroalgae and seagrasses
- 1.3. Mangrove, trees and coastal vegetation
- 2. Fauna
- 2.1. Invertebrates
- 2.1.1. Worms (Platelminthes, Trematods, Nematods, Rotifers, Acanthocephalans)
- 2.1.2. Mollusks
- 2.1.3. Crustaceans
- 2.1.4. Insects
- 2.2. Vertebrates
- 2.2.1. Birds
- 2.2.2. Reptiles
- Acknowledgements
Part 3. Microbial components
María Jesús Ferrara-Guerrero, Vanessa Morán-Villa, Javier Aldeco-Ramírez et al.
Bacterial community contribution to nitrogen fixation and nitrous oxides production in the Sontecomapan Lagoon- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Study Site and sampling
- Incubations for N2 fixation and denitrification rates
- N2 fixation measurements
- N2O measurements
- Statistical analysis
- Results
- Physical and chemical parameters
- Bottom water
- Sediments
- Nitrogen fixation
- Denitrification rate
- CCA analysis
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
Part 4. Primary producers
María Guadalupe Figueroa Torres, Saúl Almanza Encarnación, María Jesús Ferrara-Guerrero et al.
Phytoplankton of the Sontecomapan Lagoon, Veracruz, MexicoJosé Antolín Aké-Castillo et Gabriela Vázquez
The effect of mangrove leaf litter extracts on primary productivity and phytoplankton growth- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- Site description
- Extract obtained from decomposing Rhizophora mangle leaves
- Effect on primary productivity
- The effect on phytoplankton growth
- Statistical analysis
- Results
- Extract obtained from Decomposing Rhizophora Mangle Leaves
- The effect on primary productivity
- The effect on phytoplankton growth
- Discussion
- Acknowledgements
Part 5. Secondary producers
Marcela Ivonne Benítez-Díaz Mirón, María Elena Castellanos-Páez, Gabriela Garza-Mouriño et al.
Biomass, size structure and trophic compartments of the metazooplankton in the Sontecomapan Lagoon (Veracruz, Mexico)- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Individual size and weight of zooplankton organisms and estimation of zooplankton biomass
- Zooplankton taxa diets and constitution of trophic categories
- Estimation of zooplankton carbon demand and grazing impact
- Data analysis
- Results
- Taxonomic and trophic composition of the zooplankton biomass
- Biomass size-structure
- Multiple regression analysis for Phytoplankton and Zooplankton biomass
- Principal component analyses (PCA)
- Discussion
- Low zooplankton biomass in Sontecomapan compared to other coastal lagoons
- Zooplankton biomass size-structure in Sontecomapan suggests top-down control by fish
- Trophic controls of phyto- and zooplanktons
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
Part 6. Higher trophic levels
Manuel Castillo-Rivera et Ana Laura Lara-Domínguez
Fish species richness in the Sontecomapan Lagoon, Veracruz: A historic review- Introduction
- Methodological procedures
- General description of previous studies in the system
- Taxonomic changes in recorded species
- List of species historically recorded in the Sontecomapan Lagoon
- Classification changes at higher levels
- Species similarity among studies
- Expected number of fish species for the Sontecomapan Lagoon
- Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgements
Arturo Aguirre-León, Silvia Díaz-Ruiz et Marissa Guillén Castrillo
Fish community structure and its relationship with environmental behavior in Sontecomapan Lagoon, Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Veracruz, Mexico- Introduction
- Background
- Materials and Methods
- Study Area
- Field and laboratory activities
- Statistical analysis
- Results
- Spatial and temporal variation of environmental parameters
- Fish composition
- Community inhabitants
- Trophic categories
- Dominant Species
- Spatial and temporal variation of diversity
- Spatial and temporal variation of abundance
- Fish-habitat analysis
- Discussion
- Acknowledgement
Part 7. Societal aspects
Organic and inorganic contamination
Ruth Soto-Castor et Alfonso Esquivel-Herrera
Evaluation anthropic fecal contamination through enteropathogenic genera identification in Sontecomapan coastal lagoon, VeracruzAurora González-Fierro et Guadalupe Ponce-Vélez
Metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems: a case study on Sontecomapan coastal lagoon (State of Veracruz) considered as a reference of pristine ecosystems- Introduction
- General characteristics of metals
- Metals in water
- Metals in sediment
- Metals in organisms
- Justification
- Region of study
- Materials and Methods
- Sampling
- Sediments
- Water
- Organisms
- Laboratory processing of samples
- Sediment conditioning
- Organic Matter (determined as Organic Carbon OC)
- Carbonates
- Granulometry
- Metals in Water
- Metals in Sediments
- Metals in Organisms
- Results and Discussion
- Water
- Physical and chemical parameters
- Metals
- Sediments
- Organic Carbon
- Granulometry
- Calcium Carbonate
- Total Metals
- Bioavailable Metals
- Metals in Organisms
- Conclusions
Conservation and restoration
José Luis Hernández-Gaona, Javier Aldeco-Ramírez et Iván Ernesto Roldán-Aragón
Changing trends in mangrove the forest cover of the Sontecomapan Lagoon System, Veracruz, with Landsat® satellite imagesGeneral discussion
- The editors*
- 1. Hydrochemical characteristics and trophic status
- 2. Living communities - taxonomic richness
- 3. Ecological functioning
- The strong variability of nutrient availability drives the plankton dynamics
- The mangrove plays an important ecological role but is threatened by Human activity
- Low food transfer efficiency at the basis of the food-web
- Environmental drivers of living communities: important role of salinity
- 4. Contamination and potential sanitary problems
- Chemical contamination
- Faecal contamination
- Harmful algae
- 5. Some perspectives
