Bookeditor, Ana Laura Ibáñez.
Summary: Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach, this book highlights current challenges in, and potential solutions to, environmental water management in Mexico. It includes an essential review of current literature and state of the art research, providing a one-stop resource for researchers, graduate students and environmental water managers alike. The result of a cooperation between 35 researchers from seven Mexican academic institutions, two Federal Commissions and one international organization, the book links science to practice for living organisms and their environment, while also addressing anthropogenic effects on our water ecosystems. Particularly the book addresses the following subjects: Biodiversity in inland waters, physical and chemical characterization of inland waters, physico-chemical characterization of Mexican coastal lagoons, microbiota in brackish ecosystems, diversity associated with southern Mexico's pacific coral reefs, fry fish stockings in aquatic epicontinental systems, a review of tuna fisheries in Mexico, fishery resource management challenges stemming from climate change, aquatic invasive alien species, harmful algal blooms, and aquatic protected areas, related ecological and social problems and the importance for fisheries' yield.
Contents:
Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Physical and Chemical Characterization of Inland Waters; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Mexican Territory; 1.2.1 Geography; 1.2.2 Climate; 1.3 Water Administration by the Government; 1.4 Background Studies; 1.4.1 National/Regional Scale; 1.4.2 Rivers; 1.4.3 Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt; 1.4.4 Michoacán; 1.4.5 Yucatan Peninsula; 1.4.6 Water Bodies of Other Areas; 1.4.7 Exceptional Lakes; 1.5 Water Management; References; Chapter 2: Biodiversity in Inland Waters; 2.1 History; 2.1.1 Freshwater Ecoregions of the World 2.1.2 Priority Hydrological Regions2.1.3 Gaps and Omissions Analysis in Conservation of Epicontinental Aquatic Biodiversity of Mexico; 2.1.4 The National Wetland Inventory; 2.1.5 The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: Mexico; 2.1.6 National Wetland Policy; 2.1.7 State Biodiversity Studies and Strategies; 2.1.8 Environmental Flow and Water Reserves (WWF-FGRA-CONAGUA); 2.2 Biodiversity; 2.2.1 Main Aquatic Ecosystems; 2.2.1.1 Lotic
Rivers and Streams Systems; 2.2.1.2 Lentic
Lakes and Ponds Systems; 2.2.1.3 Wetlands; 2.2.2 Biological Richness; 2.2.2.1 Lake Chapala, Jalisco 2.2.2.2 Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila2.2.2.3 Cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula; 2.2.2.4 Oases of the Baja California Peninsula; 2.2.2.5 Lake Alchichica, Puebla; References; Web Sites; Chapter 3: Physicochemical Characterization of Mexican Coastal Lagoons, Current Status, and Future Environmental Scenarios; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Information Analysis; 3.2.1 Temperature; 3.2.2 Salinity; 3.2.3 pH; 3.2.4 Oxygen; 3.2.5 Nutrients; 3.2.6 N:P Ratio; 3.2.7 Chlorophyll a; 3.2.8 Trophic Status and Eutrophication; 3.3 Future Environmental Scenarios; 3.4 Final Considerations; References 5.6 Future Research AgendasReferences; Chapter 6: Fish Fry Stocking in Epicontinental Aquatic Systems: The Production Policy; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Recent History of Fisheries Policies; 6.3 Species Used in Freshwater Stocking; 6.4 Distribution of Tilapia and Carp Stocking from 2001 to 2013; 6.5 Fish Fry Stocking Versus Inland Production; 6.5.1 Fish Stocking Versus Inland Fish Production at the National Level from 1974 to 2014; 6.5.2 Fish Stocking Versus Inland Fish Production at the Geoeconomic Level from 2001 to 2013; 6.6 Freshwater Fisheries Policies; 6.7 Conclusions; References Chapter 4: Microbiota in Brackish Ecosystems: From Water Quality to Ecological Processes4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Microbial Ecology; 4.2.1 Microbial Diversity; 4.2.2 Biogeochemical Cycles; 4.2.3 Microbiota and Contaminants; 4.3 Sanitary Microbiology; 4.3.1 Microbiological Indicators in Coastal Lagoons of Mexico; 4.3.2 Pathogenic Bacteria in Coastal Lagoons of Mexico; 4.4 Vulnerability; References; Chapter 5: Biodiversity Associated with Southern Mexican Pacific Coral Systems; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Environmental Setting; 5.3 Coral Communities and Reefs; 5.4 Biodiversity; 5.5 Biodiversity Drivers