Historical analysis of a karst aquifer: recharge, water extraction, and consumption dynamics on a tourist island (Cozumel, Mexico)

Gerardo Hernández-Flores; Martha Angélica Gutiérrez-Aguirre; Adrián Cervantes-Martínez; Ana Elizabeth Marín-Celestino

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Issue		Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. Volume 57, 2021


Article Number		16
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2021013
Published online		11 August 2021

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