SOCIO-SPATIAL TRENDS: A GENERAL READING OF PUBLIC SPACE IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS

Mariel Organista Camacho Karen Estrella Martínez-Torres Claudia Rivera-Torres (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

Human nature implies social interaction in diverse environments, where public space, seen as an essential mediator, becomes disconnected, impersonal, and deteriorated exterior spaces, coupled with a lack of interest in participation, inclusion, and personal development. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the socio-spatial relationships in public spaces based on the inhabitant perception of two housing developments in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. This study used a mixed methodological approach to collect information by applying the following instruments: a questionnaire on public spaces, a series of in situ and aerial photographs, and field observations. A total of 196 surveys were applied from 2016 to 2019; the morphological, typological, and functional characteristics of the public space were also observed. The results evidenced an imminent need to carry out their daily activities on a smaller scale and intensity within the housing complex with a level of spatial satisfaction within a scale of 6.37/10. In this regard, the inhabitants reported a higher attendance of the public space use in Los Encinos in contrast to Villas (62.6% and 39.3%, respectively), even though the travel times were shorter in Villas. Regarding the public space usefulness, both cases weighted spatial understanding followed by access ease to the housing complex with a Pearson correlation coefficient equal to or greater than 0.47. In this sense, spatial relations showed dispersion, disorganization, and fragmentation from the ephemeral. In contrast, social relations were considered impersonal, hurried, and of convenience, subordinated to the conditions of the environment, being that personal well-being is built from relations with the exterior and with the collective itself.

Baja California Habitability Public space Social Developments Social-espatial relation conjuntos habitacionales, habitabilidad, Baja California, espacio público, relaciones socioespaciales. HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA

Rainfall water quality at Atlixco, Puebla

Margarita Teutli Andrés Armando Sánchez Erendira Moreno Gutierrez (2021, [Artículo, Artículo])

This work reports the follow up of rainfall water quality at Atlixco, Puebla during the 2018 season. The main objective of this work was to evaluate how height and pollutants define the quality of water precipitated. Samples were collected at the roof of a house in Atlixco center, and others at the roof of a convent located at the San Miguel Hill, this represents a 44 m difference in height. Chemical composition was analyzed for 19 physicochemical parameters using gravimetric and spectrophotometric techniques. Obtained results were compared with drinking water standards finding that Pb and Cd contents are exceeded. Also, it was found a strong contribution of terrestrial sources since the marine rates are above unit, as well as excess concentrations whose values go from negative to positive. Finally, Pearson correlation was obtained finding that most of chemical parameters correlations are in disagreement for both sites, fact which confirms that ionic content is strongly influenced by anthropogenic sources.

rainfall ionic content marine rates excess concentrations Lluvia contenido iónico cociente marino concentración en exceso Estudios urbanos CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA

La organización social de los frontereños. De las juntas vecinales al ayuntamiento en Baja California durante el siglo XIX

Abraham Uribe Núñez (2024, [Tesis de doctorado])

En septiembre de 1876, el presidente municipal Manuel A. punto Ferrer, escribió una carta al presidente de México Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, en la cual describió que en el pueblo minero de Real del Castillo habían campamentos reciente improvisados por algunos colonos mexicanos, estadounidenses y europeos, A diferencia de otras localidades del partido norte de baja California que estaban habitados por una diversidad de pueblos originarios y frontereños, un gentilicio adoptado por un conjunto de familias descendientes de los antiguos soldados misionales y algunos indios neófitos agrupados en los pueblos de misión fundados por la orden de los dominicanos en las postrimerías del siglo XVIII, pero poco antes del abandono de los frailes durante el fenecimiento de las misiones, la jura de la independencia y la secularización liberal e inicios del siglo XXI, asumieron El dominio territorial en esta demarcación que consolidaron con la instauración de ranchos que producían recursos limitados y provenientes de las ganaderías de libre pastoreo y agricultura en tierras de panllevar.

Frontera México-Estados Unidos -- Condiciones Sociales Baja California -- Condiciones Sociales -- Siglo XIX CIENCIAS SOCIALES HISTORIA HISTORIA

Climate change and the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) population in Baja California, Mexico

M. Concepción García-Aguilar (2018, [Artículo])

The Earth0s climate is warming, especially in the mid- and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) breeds and haul-outs on islands and the mainland of Baja California, Mexico, and California, U.S.A. At the beginning of the 21st century, numbers of elephant seals in California are increasing, but the status of Baja California populations is unknown, and some data suggest they may be decreasing. We hypothesize that the elephant seal population of Baja California is experiencing a decline because the animals are not migrating as far south due to warming sea and air temperatures. Here we assessed population trends of the Baja California population, and climate change in the region. The numbers of northern elephant seals in Baja California colonies have been decreasing since the 1990s, and both the surface waters off Baja California and the local air temperatures have warmed during the last three decades. We propose that declining population sizes may be attributable to decreased migration towards the southern portions of the range in response to the observed temperature increases. Further research is needed to confirm our hypothesis; however, if true, it would imply that elephant seal colonies of Baja California and California are not demographically isolated which would pose challenges to environmental and management policies between Mexico and the United States. © 2018 García-Aguilar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

air temperature, article, Baja California, climate change, human, Mirounga angustirostris, nonhuman, population size, warming, animal, ecosystem, environmental protection, Mexico, Phocidae, population density, population migration, temperature, Anima CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Mejoramiento del grado de uso del nitrógeno en maíz mediante técnicas parcelarias de riego por superficie

Improving the usage level of nitrogen in maize, through surface irrigation plot techniques

JAIME MACIAS CERVANTES JESUS DEL ROSARIO RUELAS ISLAS PABLO PRECIADO RANGEL WALDO OJEDA BUSTAMANTE MARCO ANTONIO INZUNZA IBARRA JOSE ALFREDO SAMANIEGO GAXIOLA (2015, [Artículo])

El maíz es uno de los principales cultivos sembrados en el estado de Sinaloa; sin embargo, en esta región la aplicación de riegos se realiza sin considerar las características físicas del suelo incrementando las pérdidas de agua y fertilizantes. Es importante desarrollar tecnologías que permitan optimizar el uso de insumos (agua, fertilizantes, pesticidas) incrementando el potencial productivo de los cultivos y reduciendo los costos de producción, por tal motivo, se desarrollaron una serie de experimentos durante los ciclos otoño-invierno 2006-2007 y 2011-2012 en el norte de Sinaloa, México, con el propósito de conocer el efecto del riego por gravedad por diferentes técnicas en la eficiencia de uso del nitrógeno (N) en el cultivo de maíz.

Riego de baja presión Riego de superficie Nitrógeno Cultivos alimenticios Maíz INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Monitoreo de playas prioritarias

NORMA RAMIREZ SALINAS JUAN LEODEGARIO GARCIA ROJAS (2012, [Documento de trabajo])

Se presentan los resultados obtenidos en la prueba, para Enterococos en agua de mar, llevada a cabo en 37 playas de Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit y Veracruz.

Control de calidad del agua Análisis bacteriológico Agua de mar Campeche Chiapas Guerrero Jalisco Nayarit Veracruz INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Hyperiid amphipods from the Gulf of Ulloa and offshore region, Baja California: The possible role of the gelatinous zooplankton as a transport vector into the coastal shelf waters

Bertha Lavaniegos (2020, [Artículo])

Hyperiid amphipod species from the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California, and the adjacent region (from the shelf break to 200 km offshore) were analyzed to evaluate diversity and abundances. This productive area supports small-scale commercial fisheries, including sand bass (Paralabrax nebulifer), California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus), abalones, clams, and others. Strong coastal upwelling events were observed during summer seasons of the period 2002-2008 between Punta Eugenia and Punta Abreojos. The upwelling plumes at Punta Abreojos are transported southward in slope waters bordering the coastal shelf of the Gulf of Ulloa, contributing to the separation of coastal and oceanic regions, and explain differences in amphipod diversity and abundances between both regions. In the offshore region, the most abundant species were Vibilia armata, Lestrigonus schizogeneios, Primno brevidens, and Eupronoe minuta, similar to previous findings in northern regions of Baja California and southern California. However, abundances of these species were lower (10-30 individuals/1000 m3), only reaching 20-50% of abundance levels reported off northern Baja California. In the coastal shelf of the Gulf of Ulloa, amphipods were virtually absent during 2002, 2003 and 2006. However, during 2004 and 2005, abundances of P. brevidens increased (54 and 20 ind/1000 m3, respectively). Moreover, during the late summer of 2007, abundances of L. schizogeneios, P. brevidens, Lycaea nasuta, Lycaea pulex, and Simorhynchotus antennarius increased considerably (261, 39, 31, 68, 416 ind/1000 m3, respectively), indicating occasional utilization of the coastal shelf by pelagic amphipods. Changes in gelatinous populations (medusae, siphonophores, ctenophores, doliolids, and salps) paralleled changes in hyperiid populations, with highest abundances in 2005-2008 in the coastal shelf. Significant correlations of 17 amphipod species with gelatinous taxa, which are often used as host organisms by hyperiid amphipods, suggest that gelatinous presence enhanced hyperiid abundance and promoted the progression of hyperiid amphipods onto the coastal shelf during parts of the 2002-2008 period. © 2020 Bertha E. Lavaniegos. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

abalone, Amphipoda, article, Baja California, clam, clinical article, Ctenophora, Eugenia, female, fishery, human, human experiment, male, medusa, nonhuman, Panulirus interruptus, plume, summer, zooplankton, Amphipoda, animal, California, ecosystem, CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Comparison of sequencing-based and array-based genotyping platforms for genomic prediction of maize hybrid performance

XUECAI ZHANG Zefeng Yang Yang Xu (2022, [Artículo])

Genotyping by Sequencing Genomic Selection SNP Array Marker Density CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION MAIZE SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM HYBRIDS

Do marine reserves increase prey for California sea lions and Pacific harbor seals?

ALEJANDRO ARIAS DEL RAZO (2019, [Artículo])

Community marine reserves are geographical areas closed to fishing activities, implemented and enforced by the same fishermen that fish around them. Their main objective is to recover commercial stocks of fish and invertebrates. While marine reserves have proven successful in many parts of the world, their success near important marine predator colonies, such as the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) and the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii), is yet to be analyzed. In response to the concerns expressed by local fishermen about the impact of the presence of pinnipeds on their communities’ marine reserves, we conducted underwater surveys around four islands in the Pacific west of the Baja California Peninsula: two without reserves (Todos Santos and San Roque); one with a recently established reserve (San Jeronimo); and, a fourth with reserves established eight years ago (Natividad). All these islands are subject to similar rates of exploitation by fishing cooperatives with exclusive rights. We estimated fish biomass and biodiversity in the seas around the islands, applying filters for potential California sea lion and harbor seal prey using known species from the literature. Generalized linear mixed models revealed that the age of the reserve has a significant positive effect on fish biomass, while the site (inside or outside of the reserve) did not, with a similar result found for the biomass of the prey of the California sea lion. Fish biodiversity was also higher around Natividad Island, while invertebrate biodiversity was higher around San Roque. These findings indicate that marine reserves increase overall fish diversity and biomass, despite the presence of top predators, even increasing the numbers of their potential prey. Community marine reserves may help to improve the resilience of marine mammals to climate-driven phenomena and maintain a healthy marine ecosystem for the benefit of both pinnipeds and fishermen. © 2019 Arias-Del-Razo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Article, biodiversity, biomass, climate change, ecosystem resilience, environmental exploitation, fish stock, fishing, marine environment, marine invertebrate, nonhuman, Phoca vitulina, Pinnipedia, prey searching, Zalophus californianus, animal, biom BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA)

Estructura del basamento de la Cuenca Farallón al Sur del Golfo de California, mediante la interpretación de datos potenciales y sísmicos

Basement structure of the Farallon Basin at the south of the Gulf of California, through the interpretation of seismic and potential field data

Marco Antonio Bartens Olortegui (2013, [Tesis de maestría])

El Golfo de California es un rift continental activo con apertura oblicua y desplazamiento lateral derecho y es uno de los pocos ejemplos de un rift continental en la fase inicial donde los procesos de apertura activa se pueden estudiar a lo largo de un rift completo. En este escenario, establecer el límite entre basamento continental y oceánico es clave para entender los mecanismos tectónicos que actúan en esta etapa inicial del rift. Desafortunadamente, esta también es una tarea difícil debido a la presencia de corteza oceánica de nueva creación. El objetivo de este trabajo es el de identificar, delimitar y estimar espesores de la corteza oceánica y corteza continental en la cuenca Farallón. Para ellos se utilizaron datos de sísmica de reflexión multicanal 2D de alta resolucion tomados durante la expedicion Ulloa 2006, datos de anomlías gravimetricas tomados de la base de datos de la gravedad marina global obtenida por altimetría de radar relocalizada de los satélites Geosat y ERS-1. Para su interpretación se realizó modelado gravimetrico bidimensional a lo largo de cada perfil sísmico, seguido por una inversión 3D de los datos potenciales del área de la cuenca Farallón restringidos por los perfiles sísmicos interpretados. La corteza de característica oceánica se sitúa en el centro de la cuenca y se identifica principalmente por la concavidad de sus estructuras, interpretadas como sills en las secciones sísmicas, y por la elevada magnitud de la anomalía de Bouguer en el área. La corteza continental se localiza en los margenes oeste y este de la cuenca y se reconoce por la continuidad del reflector correspondiente y el significativo decremento de la anomalía de Bouguer. Tambien se identificaron: una corteza de naturaleza volcánica en el Macizo Farallón Sur (asociado a un reflector sísmico discontinuo de gran amplitud) y dos capas sobreyacientes de sedimentos, la más profunda afectada aparentemente por intrusiones magmáticas. Las profundidades interpretadas con los modelos gravimétricos indican que se tiene una corteza oceánica delgada al centro de la cuenca, con espesores mínimos de 2.5 km en el eje sur abandonado y 3 km en el eje de la dorsal, así como una corteza continental que se va engrosando gradualmente hacia el continente.

The Gulf of California is an active continental rift with an oblique and dextral opening displacement and it is one of the few examples of an initiating continental rift where active opening processes can be studied along a complete rift. In this scenary, establishing the boundary between continental and oceanic basement holds the key to fully understand the tectonic mechanisms acting on this initial rifting stage. Unfortunately, this is also a challenging task due to the presence of oceanic crust of new creation. The aim of this work is to identify, delineate and estimate the thickness of oceanic and continental crusts in the Farallón basin. For this purpose, they were used high-resolution 2D multichannel seismic reflection data from the Ulloa’s 2006 expedition along with gravity anomaly data from the global marine gravity database obtained by repositioned radar altimetry from Geosat and ERS-1 satellites. For their interpretation, two-dimensional gravity modeling was carried out along each seismic profile, followed by 3D inversion of potential field data from the Farallón basin area as constrained by the interpreted seismic profiles. The oceanic-like crust was located at the centre of the basin and is mainly identified by the concavity of their structures, interpreted as sills in the seismic sections, and the highamplitude of the Bouguer anomaly in the area. The continental crust is located in the western and eastern margins of the basin and it is distinguished by the relevant reflector’s continuity and the significant decrease of the Bouguer anomaly. They were also identified: a volcanic crust at the south of the Farallón Massif (associated to a prominent discontinuous seismic reflector) and two overlying sedimentary layers, the deepest one apparently affected by magmatic intrusions. The interpreted depths from the gravity models indicate that there is a thin oceanic crust at the center of the basin, with minimum thicknesses of 2.5 km in the abandoned south axis and 3 km in the dorsal axis, as well as a continental crust that gradually thickens towards the continent.

sísmica de reflexión, anomalía gravimétrica, Cuenca Farallón, Golfo de California seismic reflection, gravity anomaly, Farallon Basin, Gulf of California CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO GEOFÍSICA SISMOLOGÍA Y PROSPECCIÓN SÍSMICA SISMOLOGÍA Y PROSPECCIÓN SÍSMICA