Natural cave passages penetrating a coastal aquifer in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) were accessed to investigate how regional meteorology and hydrology control methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries. Three field trips were carried out in January 2015, June 2015, and January 2016 to obtain year-long high-resolution temporal records of water chemistry and environmental parameters below and above the surface at a site (Cenote Bang) within the Ox Bel Ha cave network. These efforts resulted in chemical records of dissolved methane concentrations and its stable carbon isotopic content and major ion concentrations (i.e., chloride and sulfate) in approximately 2.5-day resolution from January 2015 to January...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Aquatic Biology,
Cenote Bang,
Ecology,
Geochemistry,
Hydrogeology, All tags...
Mexico,
Ox Bel Ha Cave System,
Quintana Roo,
U.S. Geological Survey,
USGS,
Water Resources,
Yucatan Peninsula,
anchialine ecosystem,
aquatic ecosystem,
biogeochemical cycling,
biogeochemical cycling,
carbon cycling,
carbon isotope analysis,
cave,
cenote,
chemical records,
coastal aquifer,
coastal ecosystems,
ecosystem function,
environment,
environment,
estuarine ecosystems,
estuarine mixing,
freshwater ecosystems,
geochemical data,
geochemistry,
groundwater,
groundwater flow,
hydrogeology,
hydrologic records,
hydrology,
inland waters,
inland waters,
karst,
precipitation,
salinity,
subterranean estuary,
temporal records, Fewer tags
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