English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

The Mexican Caribbean coast is characterized by having one of the sites with the greatest scenic beauty both on the surface and underwater, and that is why since the 70's the region has become a developing area for tourism, establishing sites such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen, and empowering others such as Cozumel and Tulum. Around all of them, their biological richness is enormous and especially in what includes the Mesoamerican reef of which they are part. However, this richness and scenic beauty are not possible without the ecological assemblages that exist with their adjacent ecosystems, among them mainly the surrounding seasonally dry tropical forest and the coastal wetlands that, together with the oceanographic characteristics of the Caribbean Sea, potentiate it, turning the region into the most visited in Latin America. To this end, groundwater plays a very important role in the assemblages of biotic and abiotic elements that are shared with the Caribbean Sea, so its constant monitoring allows us to identify how the changes that occur in the tropical forest are producing various changes in the composition and abundance of coastal reef elements. In this work, the groundwater conditions (temp, pH, oxygen dissolved, and salinity) have been recorded and monitoring since 2016 in 19 cenotes and underground rivers of the Mexican Caribbean corridor from Tulum to Puerto Morelos (Riviera Maya, Yucatan Peninsula) and 6 of the Cozumel Island as well as the predominant vegetation on the surface of this region that is seasonally dry tropical forest, to understand the components and functioning of these subterranean ecosystems to assess their vulnerability and identify their threats due to constant human development in the area (population growth, tourism development, mobility capacity), which will not only affect the cave and coastal organisms, but also the tropical karstic landscapes that are characteristic of these systems, and the related tourist attractions, which are currently being highly valued by visitors for their formations spectacular and unique.

Subterranean Waters in Riviera Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula: Vulnerability and the Importance of Monitoring