Conservation: Media Luna spring environment is severely affected by the introduction of exotic species and, mostly, by over-tourism, which has caused the extensive beds of aquatic plants necessary for fish populations, like Ataeniobius toweri and Cualac tesselatus, to disappear to give room for swimmers and recreation.
Panuco: Medialuna spring
Media Luna thermal spring in the Rioverde valley in San Luis Potosí [México], Pánuco river basin. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (21.86088°N, 100.02813°W). Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.
Ecoregion
Panuco
Panuco
Country
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí
The locality profile for Panuco: Medialuna spring, within the Panuco ecoregion, introduces this freshwater setting through FFM’s curated geographic and natural-history context. It provides an accessible overview of the locality’s general description, its aquatic environment, its conservation context and the curator’s broader observations. The account emphasizes the locality as an aquatic environment and the broader themes that help explain its character, without reducing the profile to a species checklist or disclosing sensitive site details. By bringing the available sections together in one focused narrative, the profile offers a useful starting point for understanding the locality’s place in its drainage and wider landscape, while inviting readers to explore the complete account..
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