Microbial mats were the dominant habitat type in shallow marine environments between the
Palaeoarchean and Phanerozoic. Many of these (termed 'microbialites') calcified as they …

The dynamic inter‐relationships between marine and freshwater carbonate depositional
environments are illustrated in the Sian Ka'an Wetlands, a 5 280 km2 complex of …

Microbialites are highly diverse microbial communities that represent modern examples of
the oldest life forms, stromatolites (dated> 3.7 Ga). Bacalar Lagoon, in Mexico, harbors the …

Remote sensing is an invaluable research tool for the analysis of marine and terrestrial
water bodies. However, it has some technical limitations in waters with oligotrophic …

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has become an important tool for surveying birds, and
there is a growing demand for approaches to obtain abundance and behavioural …

Understanding mechanisms, rates, and drivers of past carbonate formation provides insight
into the chemical evolution of Earth's oceans and atmosphere. We paired geological …

Radiogenic strontium isotopic ratios (87 Sr/86 Sr) and solute concentrations in groundwater
samples from the coastal area of the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico …

Background Aquatic ecosystems in the tropics are typically environments with a high
species richness of fishes. These systems are also among the most vulnerable in the world …

Comprehensive morphometric and hydrometeorological studies on Bacalar Lagoon,
Mexico's largest tropical karstic lake and a significant aquatic system of the Yucatán …

Lake Bacalar, a fragile oligotrophic ecosystem located in the southeast of Yucatan
Peninsula, Mexico, suffered from a sudden brownification after the tropical storm Cristobal in …