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      El Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano-México: consideraciones para su designación como Zona Marítima Especialmente Sensible Translated title: The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System-Mexico: considerations for its designation as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area

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          El Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano (SAM) es un área natural que se extiende aproximadamente 1,000 km a través de las costas caribeñas de México, Belice, Guatemala y Honduras. A partir de 1997, los gobiernos de estos cuatro países han considerado una iniciativa para que la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) designe al SAM como Zona Marítima Especialmente Sensible (ZMES). La justificación para tal designación sería la protección del SAM contra los efectos negativos del tráfico marítimo internacional. Tal designación constituiría también un mecanismo para conservar su biodiversidad y aprovechar sosteniblemente sus recursos. El presente documento proporciona una síntesis del estado actual de la información sobre las características ecológicas, socioeconómicas y de actividades marítimas sobre la porción mexicana del SAM (Quintana Roo), como una contribución al esfuerzo de protección al identificar fortalezas y debilidades en el cumplimiento de las directrices establecidas por la OMI para la designación del área como ZMES.

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          The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) extends over 1,000 km along the Caribbean Sea of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. From 1997 onwards these four countries have considered an initiative to designate the MBRS as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The purpose of the initiative is to protect the MBRS against the negative effects of international shipping activities. Such designation would also constitute a mechanism to facilitate conservation and sustainable use of the region's resources. This paper provides a summary of the available information about ecological, socio-economic and shipping activities in the Mexican portion of the MBRS (State of Quintana Roo) that might contribute to the joint countries effort by identifying strengths and weaknesses in complying with the guidelines established by IMO to designate the area as a PSSA.

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              Surface current patterns were used to map dispersal routes of pelagic larvae from 18 coral reef sites in the Caribbean. The sites varied, both as sources and recipients of larvae, by an order of magnitude. It is likely that sites supplied copiously from "upstream" reef areas will be more resilient to recruitment overfishing, less susceptible to species loss, and less reliant on local management than places with little upstream reef. The mapping of connectivity patterns will enable the identification of beneficial management partnerships among nations and the design of networks of interdependent reserves.
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                Contributors
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                Journal
                hbio
                Hidrobiológica
                Hidrobiológica
                UAM, Unidad Iztapalapa, (México )
                0188-8897
                December 2011
                : 21
                : 3
                : 261-280
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav). Mexico
                [2 ] Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Región Península de Yucatán y Caribe Mexicano. Mexico
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                S0188-88972011000300005
                e30dbf16-ae4d-4367-8ea4-e79415ada79e

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Marine & Freshwater Biology

                Ecology
                Caribbean,Coral Reefs,IMO,MBRS,PSSA,Arrecifes de Coral,Caribe,OMI,SAM,ZMES
                Ecology
                Caribbean, Coral Reefs, IMO, MBRS, PSSA, Arrecifes de Coral, Caribe, OMI, SAM, ZMES

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