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Massive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014-2020: Challenges and Opportunities

dc.creatorValeria Chávez
dc.creatorABIGAIL URIBE MARTINEZ
dc.creatorEduardo Cuevas
dc.creatorROSA ELISA RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ
dc.creatorBRIGITTA INE VAN TUSSENBROEK RIBBINK
dc.creatorVanessa Francisco
dc.creatorMIRIAM ROCIO ESTEVEZ GONZALEZ
dc.creatorMaría de Lourdes Berenice Celis García
dc.creatorLUZ VERONICA MONROY VELAZQUEZ
dc.creatorROSA MARIA LEAL BAUTISTA
dc.creatorLorenzo Alvarez_Filip
dc.creatorMARTA GARCIA SANCHEZ
dc.creatorLUIS MASIA NEBOT
dc.creatorRodolfo Silva
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T19:19:26Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T19:19:26Z
dc.identifierhttp://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1887
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7737439
dc.descriptionSince late 2014, the Mexican Caribbean coast has periodically received massive, atypical influxes of pelagic Sargassum spp. (sargasso). Negative impacts associated with these influxes include mortality of nearshore benthic flora and fauna, beach erosion, pollution, decreasing tourism and high management costs. To understand the dynamics of the sargasso influx, we used Landsat 8 imagery (from 2016 to mid-2020) to record the coverage of sargasso in the sea off the Mexican Caribbean coastline, with a maximum reported in September 2018. Satellite image analysis also showed local differences in the quantity of beached sargasso along the coastline. Over the years, good practice for collection on the beach and for off-shore collection of sargasso have been established through trial and error, and the Mexican Government and hotel industry have spent millions of dollars on removal and off-shore detention of sargasso. Notwithstanding, sargasso also has various properties that could be harnessed in local industries. The stimulation of local industrial growth would offer alternatives to the dependence on tourism, as a circular economy, based on sargasso, is developed.
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dc.languageeng
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/datasetDOI/10.3390/w12102908
dc.relationcitation:Chávez, V., Uribe-Martínez, A., Cuevas, E., Rodríguez-Martínez, R. E., van Tussenbroek, B. I., Francisco, V., ... & Silva, R. (2020). Massive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014–2020: Challenges and Opportunities. Water, 12(10), 2908.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.sourceWater, 12(10), 2908, 2020.
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/SARGASSO DYNAMICS
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/OCEAN COVERAGE
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/BEACH CAST VOLUMEN
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/SARGASSO USES
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/25
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/2510
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/251004
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/251004
dc.titleMassive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014-2020: Challenges and Opportunities
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