Derived Water Quality and Trophic State Indices for Lacustrine Systems of the Yucatán Peninsula during the Dry Season (April 2024)

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This dataset compiles derived water quality indicators for multiple lacustrine systems across the Yucatán Peninsula during the dry season of April 2024. Sampling locations correspond to inland lakes distributed across a karstic low-relief landscape strongly influenced by the regional aquifer system. Using physicochemical, nutrient, and biological measurements obtained during the Water Quality Monitoring Campaign, integrated indicators were calculated to evaluate ecosystem condition. These include the Water Quality Index (WQI), the Carlson Trophic State Index (TSI), trophic state classification, and the nitrogen-to-phosphorus (N) ratio used to infer the potentially limiting nutrient for primary productivity. Geographic coordinates and sampling dates are provided for each site to facilitate spatial analysis. The dataset enables the assessment of trophic conditions, nutrient limitation patterns, and overall water quality status across inland aquatic ecosystems of the Yucatán Peninsula during the dry season, providing a baseline for regional limnological monitoring and comparative ecological studies.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992719
Related Identifier References https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992720
Related Identifier References https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992494
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13010006
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.992719
Provenance
Creator Hernández Hernández, Plutarco ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Tecnológico Nacional de México https://doi.org/10.13039/100012725 Crossref Funder ID 23329.25-P
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 231 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-90.719W, 18.369S, -87.582E, 20.661N); Yucatán Península
Temporal Coverage Begin 2024-04-05T13:00:32Z
Temporal Coverage End 2024-04-05T13:01:04Z