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Biodiversity Online J

Subterranean Biodiversity in Cenotes in Mexico

  • Luis M Mejía Ortíz1,2* and Germán Yáñez2

    1Biospeleology and Carcinology Lab, University Academic Unit Cozumel Quintana Roo, Mexico

    2Speleological Circle of Mayab, Mexico

    *Corresponding author:Luis M Mejía Ortíz, Biospeleology and Carcinology Lab, Sustainable Development Division Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Quintana Roo Campus Cozumel, Mexico

Submission: January 25, 2024;Published: February 06, 2024

DOI: 10.31031/BOJ.2024.04.000592

ISSN : 2640-9275
Volume4 Issue4

Abstract

The background of the subterranean biodiversity is showed, specifically in one of the areas most visited by tourist in the world, Yucatan Peninsula. In there exist specialized species that never has been recorder outside, the biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems record included fishes, crustaceans, echinoderms sponge with spend all they life into the cave and it is showed a generalized classification of cenotes, energy sources, adaptations and risk to this biodiversity due the increase of the anthropogenic pressured that human population did on these environments, and end with a reflection on the future of these ecosystems and their diversity.

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