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Western Caribbean:
Unidad Académica Puerto Morelos,
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
 Address:
Unidad Académica Puerto Morelos (UAPM),
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Apartado Postal 1152,
Cancún 77500, QR,
México
Ph: +52 (998) 871 02 19 ext. 21/22
Fax: +52 (998) 871 01 38
Website:
http://www.icmyl.unam.mx/eng/index.html
Principle contacts:
COE Rep:
Director, ICML,
Head, UAMP,
Name and affiliation
UNAM's Academic Unit in Puerto Morelos (known as UAMP) belongs to the Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology (ICML) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Local area description
UAPM is located at 2.5 km of Puerto Morelos, a little village situated 30 km south of Cancun, in the proximity of a reef lagoon.
The Puerto Morelos reef lagoon is delimited by a fringing reef located between 550m and 1.5 km from the costline. The lagoon is relatively shallow with a depth average of 3m, being 4.5m the deepest depth. Mean surface water temperature is 28.5oC, with an averaged minimum in January of 26.6oC, and an averaged maximum in August of 31oC.
The reef lagoon substratum consists of coarse carbonate sediments, colonized by submaine prairies dominated by the seagrasses species Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme.
Regional collaboration
1. Local / regional partners, linkages to non-government organizations (NGO's), government agencies:
The UAPM maintains close ties with national and local organizations including government agencies in charge of fisheries, the environment, science and technology.
2. Regional research partners, networks:
UAPM maintains research partnerships with numerous institutions in Mexico and abroad. Main research partners include:
- Department of oceanography and Dept of applied physics in CICESE (Ensenada, BC, Mexico)
- Science Faculty in UNAM
- Member of the CARICOMP network (UAPM contact: Francisco Ruiz-Renteria)
- Member of Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
3. Collaboration with international research institutions or scientist:
Individual faculty members in the UAPM maintain active collaborations with individual scientist working on foreign institutions: IMEDEA (CSIC, Spain)
4. Linking science to management and policy advice:
Although UAPM does not participate actively in regional management projects, such as the Mesoamerican Coral Reef Initiative, the UAPM is an important partner in the management of the local Marine Protected Area. In addition, individual faculty members are members of several technical committees in charge of managing other coral reef related MPA’s
5. Linkages to local or regional NGOs, activities/projects with relevance to Coral Reef Targeted Research:
UAPM are collaboration with partners in national and regional projects and NGO’s such as:
- GEF Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Project (Web: www.mbrs.org)
- Centro Ecológico Akumal -
Apartado Postal 2, Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico 77760
Phone: 011-52-984-875-9095 Fax: 011-52-984-875-9091
Email: , Web: www.ceakumal.org
6. Linkages to Coral Reef Targeted Research working groups
Two faculty members are members of the Coral Reef Targeted Research working groups on Coral Bleaching and Diseases and will be actively involved in project development. In addition, other members of the faculty will be associated with the Coral Reef Targeted Research project.
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