Resumen: Los humedales de montaña de San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México, se localizan a más de 2,000 m snm y su extensión se ha reducido notablemente debido a urbanización, contaminación, minería y actividades agropecuarias. Se presenta una lista de los macrófitos registrados en 4 humedales. Los muestreos fueron sistemáticos y ad libitum. ...
Aquaponics can be defined as the integration of hydroponic plant production in a recirculating aquaculture system and has been proposed as a sustainable method to control the accumulation of waste produced by fish farming. The objective of the present study was to determine the biomass production and its feed potential of Myriophyllum aquaticum, Li...
Resumen: Se describe la composición florística y las formas de vida de la vegetación de humedales del municipio de Durango. Se analizó la similitud de la flora utilizando el índice de Jaccard. Se registraron 79 especies, 33 acuáticas y 46 subacuáticas, incluyendo 3 nuevos registros para el estado de Durango. Varios humedales pequeños tuvieron eleva...
Floating aquatic plants systems are an economically sustainable option for fish effluents treatment. A system of ponds with Azolla pinnata was evaluated at pilot scale as the treatment of a fish culture effluent, during the growth-fattening period. The system was located on the fish farm "The Yunga" (Popayán, Colombia) and it consisted of two lines...
We provide the first records for the Iberian Peninsula of Potamogeton schweinfurthii A. Benn., a species distributed mainly in Africa that was not discovered in Europe until 2005, where it is assumed to be indigenous but it has generally been confused with P. lucens. The Iberian specimens, which for the most part are from recent collections, have b...
The family Lemnaceae includes a group of small aquatic plants of fast-growing, that are characterized to form extensive mantles on water bodies with lentic movement; its reproduction is generally vegetative. Protein content of these species ranges from 13 to 41% and varies according to the nitrogen content of the water in which they grow. Nitrogen ...
