Group Name: Coastal Ecosystems in the Yucatán Peninsula (ECOPEY)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jorge Herrera-Silveira (CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Mérida); jherrera@mda.cinvestav.mx
2nd Principal investigator: Dr. Victor H. Rivera-Monroy (Wetland Biogeochimestry Institute, Louisiana State University); vh_rivera@earthlink.net
Researchers involved: 18
Study Site: Biosphere Reserve Ría Celestún, Yucatán and Campeche
Dominant Ecosystem: Mangroove and coastal lagoon
Core Research Areas:
4 Pattern and control of ecosystem primary production
Manager: Dr. Jorge Herrera Silveira; jherrera@mda.cinvestav.mx
4 Pattern and control of water, carbon and nutrient dynamics
Manager: Dr. Víctor H. Rivera Monroy; vh_rivera@earthlink.net
4 Biodiversity role in the ecosystem structure and function
Manager: Dr. Víctor Vidal Martínez; vvidal@mda.cinvestav.mx
4 Pattern and frecuency of ecosystem disturbances
Manager: Dr. Carlos Coronado-Molina; ccoron@sfwmd.gov
4 Criteria definition for ecosystem management and conservation
Manager: Dr. Jorge Iván Euán Avila; euan@mda.cinvestav.mx
WEB site: conanp.gob.mx/anp/pagina.php?id_anp=13
Other group participants:
Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado
María Leopoldina Aguirre Macedo
Omar Defeo Gorospe
Pedro Luis Ardisson Herrera
Robert Twilley
Rossana Rodríguez-Canul
Silvia Salas Márquez
