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      Variación espacial y temporal de las características fisicoquímicas del agua y sedimento en la laguna costera Yalahau, Quintana Roo Translated title: Spatial and temporal variations in physicochemical characteristics of water and sediment in the Yalahau coastal lagoon, Quintana Roo

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          Resumen: Se analizó entre zonas (Externa, Mar-laguna, Sur y Norte) y épocas climáticas (lluvias, nortes y secas) la variación de las características fisicoquímicas del agua y sedimento en la laguna costera Yalahau, Quintana Roo. La salinidad, el silicato reactivo soluble (SiRS) y el tamaño de grano del sedimento fueron las variables que presentaron la mayor variabilidad espacial y temporal: (1) zona Externa, caracterizada por salinidades marinas con escasa variación temporal, concentraciones bajas de SiRS (< 11 µM) y predominio de arenas finas; (2) zona Mar-laguna, presentó la salinidad media mínima (35.5 ups) y escasa variación temporal, concentraciones de SiRS de ~10 a 15 µM en lluvias y nortes que se incrementaron hasta cuatro veces en secas y predominio de arenas gruesas; (3) zona Sur, caracterizada por condiciones mixoeuhalinas en nortes y hiperhalinas en lluvias, concentraciones de SiRS de ~15 a 20 µM en lluvias y nortes que se incrementaron al doble en secas, y predominio de arenas gruesas; y (4) zona Norte, caracterizada por una tendencia permanente a la hiperhalinidad, concentraciones de SiRS > 10 µM durante las tres épocas climáticas que se incrementaron hasta seis veces en secas, cuando también se observaron concentraciones elevadas de amonio y fósforo reactivo soluble, en esta zona predominaron arenas finas. La condición relativamente prístina de esta área natural protegida sugiere que factores naturales como la presencia de praderas del pasto marino Thalassia testudinum, la magnitud de los aportes de agua dulce, la descomposición de materia orgánica y el aporte de nutrientes exógenos (e.g., excretas de aves marinas) ejercen gran influencia sobre la heterogeneidad ambiental de la laguna Yalahau.

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          Abstract: In the Yalahau coastal lagoon, Quintana Roo, we analyzed spatial (Outer, Sea-lagoon, South, and North zones) and temporal weather-season variations (rainy, nortes, and dry), in physicochemical characteristics of water and sediment. The salinity, soluble reactive silicate (SiRS), and sediment grain size were the variables with the highest spatial and temporal variability: (1) The Outer zone is characterized by marine salinity with little temporal variation, low concentrations of SiRS (<11 µM), and predominantly fine sands; (2) The Sea-lagoon zone has the lowest mean salinity (35.5 psu) and little temporal variation, SiRS concentrations of about 10-15 µM in rainy, and nortes that increased four times in dry, and predominantly coarse sands. (3) The South zone is characterized by mixoeuhaline conditions in nortes and hyperhaline conditions during rains, SiRS concentrations of about 15-20 µM in rains and nortes that increased twofold in dry and predominantly coarse sands; (4) The North zone is characterized by a permanent trend to hyperhaline conditions, concentrations of SiRS > 10 µM during the three seasons that increased up to six times in dry weather, when increased concentrations of ammonium and soluble reactive phosphorus were also observed, and predominantly fine sand. The relatively pristine condition of this protected area suggests that natural factors such as the presence of Thalassia testudinum meadows, the magnitude of freshwater inputs, the decomposition of organic matter, and the entry of exogenous nutrients (e.g., seabird droppings) have a great influence on the environmental heterogeneity of the Yalahau lagoon.

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                Journal
                hbio
                Hidrobiológica
                Hidrobiológica
                UAM, Unidad Iztapalapa (México, DF, Mexico )
                0188-8897
                April 2016
                : 26
                : 1
                : 41-51
                Affiliations
                [1] Mérida Yucatán orgnameCinvestav orgdiv1Departamento de Recursos del Mar México
                Article
                S0188-88972016000100007 S0188-8897(16)02600100007
                7c408247-97c3-49ef-840f-18068af7bbd4

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 19 October 2015
                : 13 January 2015
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                Heterogeneidad ambiental,laguna costera,pastos marinos,península de Yucatán,Coastal lagoon,environmental heterogeneity,seagrasses,Yucatan peninsula

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