Topics of Limnological Research in Mexico

Preface .............................................................................................................................. 10

Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 13

Analysis of the Ionic Quality of the Water in the North Aquifer and Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico .................................................................... 16

Gerardo Hernández-Flores, Martha Angélica Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Adrián Cervantes-Martínez.

Limnological Variations of a Tropical Semi-arid River Dam System, Central México ...... 34

Martín López-Hernández, Fernando González-Farías, María Guadalupe Ramos-Espinosa, Fernando Córdova-Tapia,

Alejandro Gómez-Ponce.

Temporal Characterization of Water Quality of Rivers in Contrasting Zones of Two Watersheds in Veracruz, Mexico .......................................................................... 58

José Antolín Aké-Castillo, Miriam Guadalupe Ramos-Escobedo, Eduardo Aranda-Delgado.

Environmental Problems on Water Resources: A Review at the Basin Level with Emphasis on Tuxpan River in Veracruz, Mexico ...................................................... 77

Blanca Esther Raya-Cruz, José Luis Alanís-Méndez, Carlos Francisco Rodríguez-Gómez, Karla Cirila Garcés-García.

Prospective Analysis of Major Phytoplankton Groups in Some Freshwater Bodies in Campeche, Southeastern Gulf of Mexico ..................................................................... 94

Juan Alfredo Gómez-Figueroa, Carlos Antonio Poot-Delgado, Jaime Rendón-von Osten, Yuri Okolodkov.

On the Relevance of Monitoring the Thermal Structure, Community Metabolism and Phytoplankton Ecology of Inland Waters

of Mexico in the Context of Global Change ..................................................................... 112

Patricia Margarita Valdespino-Castillo, Jorge Alberto Ramírez-Zierold, Rocío Jetzabel Alcántara-Hernández, Mariel Barjau-Aguilar,

Mario Alberto Neri-Guzmán, Paola Julieta Cortés Cruz, Oscar Alejandro Gerardo-Nieto, Martín Merino-Ibarra.

Middle-Term Hydrological and Microalgal Study in the Lower Basin of the Tuxpan River, Veracruz, Mexico ............................................................................ 132

Carlos Francisco Rodríguez-Gómez, Gabriela Vázquez, José Antolín Aké-Castillo, Angeles Rosseth Cruz-Ramírez.

Phytoplankton from two Dams in Central Mexico ............................................................ 153

Gloria Garduño-Solórzano, José Manuel González-Fernández, Valeria Naomi Barranco-Vargas, Karla de la Luz-Vázquez,

Cristian Alberto Espinosa-Rodríguez.

Towards Molecular, Genetic, and Optical Monitoring of Potentially Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms in Mexican Freshwater Bodies ............... 177

Laura Valdés-Santiago, José Luis Castro-Guillén, Jorge Noé García-Chávez, Cynthia Paola Rangel-Chávez, Rosalba Alonso-Rodríguez,

Alejandra Sarahí Ramírez-Segovia, Juan Gualberto Colli-Mull, Rafael Vargas-Bernal.

Free Living Continental Aquatic Ciliates (Alveolata: Ciliophora) from Mexico: An Overview of their Species Richness and Distribution ................................................ 194

Rosaura Mayén-Estrada, Carlos Alberto Durán-Ramírez, Fernando Olvera-Bautista, Víctor Manuel Romero-Niembro.

Potential Use of Rotifer and Cladoceran Diapausing Eggs as a Tool for Taxonomical, Ecological, and Evolutionary Studies .................................................. 216

Gerardo Guerrero-Jiménez, Elaine Aguilar-Nazare, Frida Sabine Álvarez-Solís, José Cristóbal Román-Reyes,

Araceli Adabache-Ortiz, Marcelo Silva-Briano, Rocío Natalia Armas-Chávez.

Zooplankton Community and Trophic State in Lake Chapala ......................................... 234

Cristian Alberto Espinosa-Rodríguez, Lizbeth Cano-Parra, Omar Alfredo Barrera-Moreno.

Seasonal and Diel Influence of Environmental Factors on the Parameters of a Zooplankton Community in a Tropical Coastal Lagoon .......................................... 255

Manuel Castillo-Rivera.

Utilization of Zooplankton in Environmental Risk Assessment in Mexico ...................... 275

Cesar Alejandro Zamora-Barrios, Rosa Martha Moreno-Gutiérrez, Uriel Arreguin-Rebolledo, Mario Joshue Espinosa-Hernández,

Francisco José Torner-Morales.

Exploring Zooplankton-Macrophytes Interaction Research in Mexico: Bibliometric Analysis ....................................................................................................... 296

Marco Antonio Jiménez-Santos, Michael Anai Figueroa-Sánchez.

The Freshwater and Brackish Hydrozoans of Mexico: An Overview of their Diversity .... 315

José María Ahuatzin-Hernández, Lorena Violeta León-Deniz.

Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Diversity in the Grijalva and Usumacinta Rivers, Mexico .... 332

Everardo Barba-Macías, Juan Juárez-Flores, Cinthia Trinidad-Ocaña, José Francisco Miranda-Vidal.

Fishing Among Socioecological Challenges: The Case of the Zimapán Dam ................. 361

Brenda Rodríguez-Cortés, Karina E. Ruíz-Venegas, Martín López-Hernández, Alejandro Gómez-Ponce, Fernando Córdova-Tapia.

Conclusions .................................................................................................................... 379

About the authors .............................................................................................................. 381 Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... 395