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      Hydrocarbon pollution studies of underwater sinkholes along Quintana Roo as a function of tourism development in the Mexican Caribbean Translated title: Estudios de contaminación por hidrocarburos en cenotes de Quintana Roo relacionada al desarrollo turístico en el Caribe Mexicano

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          This work studied in a wide geographical area during two vacational seasons, the presence of hydrocarbon contaminants in sinkholes along the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, an important caribeann tourism region. Phenanthrene, naphthalene and benzene derivates were found as the most common hydrocarbon contaminants present in underwater sinkholes located in Cancún and Playa del Carmen, two well-developed tourism poles. Other regions of Quintana Roo, with intermediate tourism development (Puerto Morelos, Tulum, Cozumel and Bacalar) show hydrocarbon presence too. In comparison, Holbox which is a recent touristic development where the use of motor transportation for tourists and locals is less common, has not reached the contamination level of Cancun or Playa del Carmen nor the pollution level of intermediate tourism development poles as Tulum or Cozumel. Concentration of hydrocarbons is related to vacational seasons, sinkholes during "High" season shows major hydrocarbon concentration and diversity than during "Low" season.

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          En este trabajo se estudió, en una amplia zona geográfica y dos temporadas vacacionales, la presencia de hidrocarburos contaminantes en cenotes del estado de Quintana Roo, una región turística importante en el Caribe. Se encontró Fenantreno, naftaleno y benceno entre los hidrocarburos contaminantes más comunes presentes en los cenotes ubicados en Cancún y Playa del Carmen, dos polos turísticos bien desarrollados. Otras regiones de Quintana Roo, con desarrollo de turismo intermedio (Puerto Morelos, Tulum, Cozumel y Bacalar) muestran la presencia de hidrocarburos también. En comparación, Holbox, que es un reciente polo de desarrollo turístico, donde el transporte de turistas y lugareños es bajo, no presenta contaminación por los hidrocarburos estudiados en este trabajo. La concentración de hidrocarburos también está relacionada con la temporada turística, los cenotes durante la temporada "alta" mostraron mayor concentración y diversidad de hidrocarburos que en la temporada "baja".

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                Journal
                rmiq
                Revista mexicana de ingeniería química
                Rev. Mex. Ing. Quím
                UAM, Unidad Iztapalapa, División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería (México, DF, Mexico )
                1665-2738
                2014
                : 13
                : 2
                : 509-516
                Affiliations
                [01] Zempoala Hidalgo orgnameUniversidad Politécnica de Pachuca México chamarripas@ 123456yahoo.com.mx
                [02] Iztapalapa Distrito Federal orgnameUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana orgdiv1Departamento de Biotecnología México
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                S1665-27382014000200015 S1665-2738(14)01300200015
                7fc254a6-8e9e-44ee-8181-bd93b5625cd2

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 03 March 2013
                : 21 May 2014
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                water pollution,contaminación del agua,hidrocarburos,biorreactor airlift,sinkholes,tourism,hydrocarbon,airlift bioreactor,turismo,cenotes

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