Los pastos marinos son angiospermas que conforman el único grupo de plantas vasculares con características morfológicas y fisiológicas necesarias para realizar todo su ciclo de vida completamente sumergidas en agua de mar. Estos ecosistemas cumplen una gran variedad de funciones ecológicas entre las que destacan las interacciones con arrecifes de...
Even though sharks are top predators, there is little information available aimed to understand their habitats, movements and dynamics. Today, there are 1,236 species of chondrichthyan in the world including sharks, rays and chimeras. However, the population and variety of sharks are declining due, mainly, to overfishing. Only in Mexico...
Microplastics are persistent pollutants with a maximum length of 5000 µm. They contain additives that are vectors of other contaminants, such as POPs and metals, capable of causing damage to the ecosystem. Their presence in sediment increases the temperature and decreases the permeability. On the other hand, plastic particles are...