Establishing linkages between tourism demand for food and local agricultural production is
critical in maximizing host country benefits. Drawing on surveys of Cancun hotels and …

Hydrographic data gathered during four cruises are used to evidence upwelling on the
Yucatan Shelf, and describe its structure. Subsurface Caribbean water (characterized by 16 …

Measurements of hourly, daily and annual rates of aquatic primary production in coastal
lagoons are now numerous, but the mechanisms that regulate primary production are still …

Lagoa de Araruama in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a hypersaline coastal lagoon as
a result of semi-arid climate conditions, a small drainage basin and a choked entrance …

The flushing of Florida's Indian River Lagoon is investigated as a response to tidal and low-
frequency lagoon-shelf exchanges in the presence of freshwater gains and losses. A one …

The east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, consists of highly permeable limestone,
such that surface flow and rivers are absent in this region. Extensive underground cave …

Skeletal growth variables [density (g cm− 3), extension rate (cm yr− 1), and calcification rate
(g cm− 2 yr− 1)] were determined for annual density bands in skeletal slabs of the reef …

In the 1960s the isolated tropical forest enclave of Quintana Roo was targeted by the
Mexican Government to serve as the cornerstone for launching what is now considered to …

Monthly skeletal extension rates were measured in colonies of Montastraea annularis and
M. faveolata growing at Mahahual and Chinchorro Bank, in the Mexican Caribbean …

Abstract The Mundaú-Manguaba complex in north-eastern Brazil is a 79 km 2 shallow
tropical coastal lagoon system, consisting of two interconnected waterbodies and a channel …