La planctología en México a través de los archivos históricos de la Sociedad Mexicana de Planctología A. C. (1985–2019).

Abstract

Los archivos historicos de la Sociedad Mexicana de Planctologia A.C. (SOMPAC) reflejan el desarrollo\xa0de la investigacion del plancton en Mexico a traves del contenido de 2,060 resumenes presentados en\xa022 reuniones desde 1985 hasta 2019. El numero de contribuciones por reunion ha mostrado un considerable\xa0incremento a traves del tiempo. En los ecosistemas marinos resalta el enorme esfuerzo dirigido principalmente a estudios de ecologia descriptiva en la region del Noroeste del Pacifico mexicano, el Golfo de California, Golfo de\xa0Mexico y Mar Caribe. No obstante, aun existen regiones como el sur del Pacifico mexicano en las que los estudios\xa0del plancton son practicamente nulos. El plancton en ecosistemas epicontinentales ha sido menos estudiado en comparacion con ecosistemas marinos, siendo la laguna de Alchichica y otros cuerpos acuaticos del centro de Mexico\xa0donde se concentra mas del 70% de los trabajos de investigacion, seguidos por los del sureste de Mexico. No\xa0obstante, el plancton de aguas epicontinentales de los estados de la frontera norte, incluyendo la peninsula de Baja\xa0California y en el sur los estados de Oaxaca y Chiapas, aun permanecen practicamente inexplorados. Excepto por\xa0algunas iniciativas en el Pacifico Noroeste de Mexico y en el Golfo de Mexico (ecosistemas marinos), asi como en la laguna de Alchichica (ecosistemas epicontinentales) aun no existen programas nacionales de monitoreo de largo\xa0plazo en escalas de grandes ecosistemas que permitan una comprension amplia del funcionamiento del sistema\xa0pelagico a partir del estudio del plancton en Mexico. Planktology in Mexico through the historical archives of the Mexican Society of Planktology A. C. (1985–2019) \xa0The historical archives of the Mexican Society of Planktology C.A. (SOMPAC) show the research evolution of plankton in Mexico through the content of 2,060 abstracts presented in 22 meetings from 1985 to 2019. A considerable increase in the number of abstracts has been seen in the successive meeting; which highlights the enormous effort directed mainly to descriptive ecology studies in the Mexican Pacific Northwest region, the Gulf of California, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. However, in the southern Mexican Pacific plankton studies still practically null. Plankton in epicontinental ecosystems has been comparatively less studied than marine ecosystems, being the Alchichica lagoon as well as some aquatic ecosystems in the central region of Mexico that concentrated more than 70% of the abstracts, followed by research done in southeastern Mexico. However, research on the plankton of epicontinental ecosystems remains almost unexplored in the states of the northern border of Mexico, including the peninsula of Baja California as well as the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south. Except for two research programs in the Northwest Pacific of Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Alchichica lagoon (epicontinental ecosystem), there are no long-term monitoring programs on scales of large ecosystems that allow a broad understanding of the function of the pelagic ecosystem based on the study of plankton.