Conservation: A couple of kilometers downstream of the El Nacimiento, after a point called Las Agujas (an artificial dam) the water is deviated to irrigation channels, and the river after that point is converted to a small creek. The African Tilapia Oreochromis sp. is also present but the risk is difficult to evaluate.
Panuco: Mante Spring
The Mante spring in the head-water of Mante River, Pánuco drainage [Tamaulipas]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (22.698769°N, 99.045398°W). Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (10-Feb-2007).
Ecoregion
Panuco
Panuco
Country
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
The locality profile for Panuco: Mante 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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