Overview
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Javier Alcocer
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Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Tlalnepantla, Mexico
Focus on tropical limnology which is far less well known and understood than temperate limnology
Provides a multidisciplinary analysis of an unique Maar Lake in Mexico
Offers readers the result of a long-term monitoring analysis rarely available from tropical lakes
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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- Ismael Arturo Montero-GarcÃa, Roberto Esteban Junco-Sánchez
Pages 1-13
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- Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez, Boris Chako-Tchamabé
Pages 15-32
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- Margarita Caballero, Ma. del Socorro Lozano-GarcÃa, Beatriz Ortega-Guerrero
Pages 33-50
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- Raúl Alberto Silva-Aguilera, Óscar Escolero, Javier Alcocer
Pages 51-61
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- Raúl A. Silva-Aguilera, Gloria Vilaclara, MarÃa Aurora Armienta, Óscar Escolero
Pages 63-74
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- Anatoliy Filonov, Irina Tereshchenko, Maria del Refugio Barba-Lopez, Javier Alcocer, Lydia Ladah
Pages 75-99
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- Javier Alcocer, MartÃn Merino-Ibarra, Jorge A. RamÃrez-Zierold, Luis A. Oseguera, Daniela Cortés-Guzmán, F. Sergio Castillo-Sandoval et al.
Pages 101-142
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- Javier Alcocer, Elva Escobar, Luis A. Oseguera
Pages 143-148
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- Elia MatÃas-Hernández, Pedro RamÃrez-GarcÃa
Pages 149-162
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- Javier Alcocer, Elva Escobar, Luis A. Oseguera, Alfonso Lugo-Vázquez, MarÃa del Rosario Sánchez, Laura Peralta et al.
Pages 163-182
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- RocÃo J. Alcántara-Hernández, Miroslav Macek, Jesús Torres-Huesca, Juan Arellano-Posadas, Patricia M. Valdespino-Castillo
Pages 183-196
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- Gloria Vilaclara, MarÃa Guadalupe Oliva-MartÃnez, Miroslav Macek, Elizabeth Ortega-Mayagoitia, RocÃo J. Alcántara-Hernández, Cecilia López-Vázquez
Pages 197-211
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- Miroslav Macek, Ximena Sánchez-Medina, Gloria Vilaclara, Alfonso Lugo-Vázquez, Fernando Bautista-Reyes, Patricia M. Valdespino-Castillo
Pages 213-236
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- Elizabeth Ortega-Mayagoitia, José Arturo Alcántara-RodrÃguez, Alfonso Lugo-Vázquez, Aideé Montiel-MartÃnez, Jorge Ciros-Pérez
Pages 237-260
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- Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Elsah Arce, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León, Javier Alcocer
Pages 261-272
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- Gabriela Parra-Olea, Rafael Alejandro Calzada-Arciniega, VÃctor H. Jiménez-Arcos, Omar Hernández-Ordóñez
Pages 273-288
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- Javier Alcocer, Elva Escobar, Luis A. Oseguera, MarÃa del Carmen Hernández
Pages 289-297
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- Javier Alcocer, Luis A. Oseguera, Daniel Cuevas-Lara, Sandra Guadarrama-Hernández, BenjamÃn Quiroz-MartÃnez
Pages 299-318
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- Elva Escobar, Javier Alcocer
Pages 319-330
About this book
The book provides a comprehensive account of a tropical lake, Alchichica, considering that tropical limnology is by far less known and well-understood than temperate. Many of the well-known temperate limnology paradigms do not apply in tropical limnology, such as the ≥ 1ºC/m thermocline concept, or the role of phosphorous as a limiting nutrient. Lake Alchichica is - most likely – the best limnologically known Mexican lake up to date. Twenty years of continuous monitoring has led us to understand this deep, warm monomictic lake. The peculiar chemical composition of this saline lake – sodium-alkaline with a high concentration in magnesium waters, and groundwater-fed – led to the formation of its unique stromatolite ring that has become world-famous, studied by scientists from various countries. From a biological point of view, this relatively small maar lake displays a comparatively low species richness but surprisingly is plentiful in microendemic species for a recently-formed lake (13,000-6,300 years old, at the Late Pleistocene/Holocene Epoch), eleven of which already described, with more to come. Researchers and students interested in tropical limnology, extreme ecosystems, evolutionary biology, astrobiology, and microbiology will find this book a must-read.
Editors and Affiliations
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Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Tlalnepantla, Mexico
Javier Alcocer
About the editor
Javier Alcocer graduated at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico (1981; MSc.: 1988 & DSc.: 1995, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), biologist, limnologist. He has been studying tropical epicontinental water bodies, including lentic and lotic; was founder and president of the Asociación Mexicana de LimnologÃa, and the Grupo de LimnologÃa Tropical of the FES Iztacala. He is also the coordinator of the Alchichica Lake Group of the Red Mexicana de Estudios Ecológicos a Largo Plazo, the Mexican branch of ILTER. He is Investigador Nacional III of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores.
