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estuaries are represented (polygon numbers in parenthesis): Sistema Arrecifal
Veracruzano (6), Los Petenes and Celestún (33), Laguna de Términos (34), Pantanos
de Centla (35), Laguna de Alvarado (36), Laguna de Tamiahua (37), Pánuco delta
(38), and Laguna Madre (39, 40, and 41). Natural resource exploitation patterns,
political boundaries, and economic exclusive zones (EEZ) of the USA and Mexico
were also considered. Polygon 13 includes the location of the Ixtoc 1 well and the
oil rig exclusion zone in Campeche Sound that was closed to fisheries from 1979 to
Fig. 32.1 Atlantis geometry for the southern Gulf of Mexico model showing polygon numbers.
The asterisk indicates the location of the Ixtoc 1 oil well. Contour lines correspond to the 20 m,
50 m, 200 m, 2000 m, 3000 m, and 3500 m isobaths
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estuaries are represented (polygon numbers in parenthesis): Sistema Arrecifal
Veracruzano (6), Los Petenes and Celestún (33), Laguna de Términos (34), Pantanos
de Centla (35), Laguna de Alvarado (36), Laguna de Tamiahua (37), Pánuco delta
(38), and Laguna Madre (39, 40, and 41). Natural resource exploitation patterns,
political boundaries, and economic exclusive zones (EEZ) of the USA and Mexico
were also considered. Polygon 13 includes the location of the Ixtoc 1 well and the
oil rig exclusion zone in Campeche Sound that was closed to fisheries from 1979 to
Fig. 32.1 Atlantis geometry for the southern Gulf of Mexico model showing polygon numbers.
The asterisk indicates the location of the Ixtoc 1 oil well. Contour lines correspond to the 20 m,
50 m, 200 m, 2000 m, 3000 m, and 3500 m isobaths
J. G. Ortega-Ortiz et al.