Catemaco
The crater lake of Catemaco with the town of Catemaco town [Veracruz]. (18.336071°N, 95.100815°W). Foto por Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

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Papaloapan: Lake Catemaco


Conservación: The other times tropical forest areas around Lake Catemaco have nowadays been mostly cut down to allow for cattle raising and agriculture, with the subsequent run-off of fertilizers and pollutants into the lake. These fertilizers however allow for a bigger production of fisheries, with the main capture being the introduced Oreochromis aureus and O. niloticus, but also native species like Vieja fenestrata. A small remaining areas of forest have been preserver in the northern and southern sides of the lake.

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