Título

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

Autor

Valeria Chávez

ABIGAIL URIBE MARTINEZ

Eduardo Cuevas

ROSA ELISA RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ

BRIGITTA INE VAN TUSSENBROEK RIBBINK

Vanessa Francisco

MIRIAM ROCIO ESTEVEZ GONZALEZ

María de Lourdes Berenice Celis García

LUZ VERONICA MONROY VELAZQUEZ

ROSA MARIA LEAL BAUTISTA

Lorenzo Alvarez_Filip

MARTA GARCIA SANCHEZ

LUIS MASIA NEBOT

Rodolfo Silva

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Referencia de datos

datasetDOI/10.3390/w12102908

Resumen o descripción

Since 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.

Fecha de publicación

2020

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Artículo

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Fuente

Water, 12(10), 2908, 2020.

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Inglés

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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.

Sugerencia de citación

Chávez, V., Uribe-Martínez, A., Cuevas, E., Rodríguez-Martínez, R. E., van Tussenbroek, B. I., Francisco, V., ...

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Repositorio Institucional CICY

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