Proceedings of the
International Stromatolite Symposium 2012
January 13 and 14, 2012
Laguna Bacalar
Southern Yucatan Peninsula
Bacalar, Mexico
Chemistry and preliminary coliform microbial communities in Laguna Bacalar, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
LaBuhn, S.1, C. Burrows1, C. Groff1, N. Neureuther1, S. Schaal1, and J. Volk1, Ana Flores Cupul2, Ana Beatriz Martinez Dominguez2, Milagros Medina Poot2. 2012. International Stromatolite Sympsoium Proceedings, January 2012.
1School of Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
2Laboratorio de usos multiples del COBACH Bacalar,
Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Faculty Leaders:
2Martin Guadalupe Maas Vargas (marmaas@yahoo.com), 1Val Klump (vklump@uwm.edu), 1River Kaster (jlk@uwm.edu)
Presentations, Abstracts, Papers
(not refereed)
Partial listing of presentations
see agenda for all presentations
Ecoturismo: una alternativa de conservaciòn de los estromatolitos en la laguna de Bacalar
Martin Guadalupe Maas Vargas
Laboratorio de usos multiples del COBACH Bacalar,
Bacalar, Quintana Roo, MEXICO
marmaas@yahoo.com
Geomorphological role of thrombolites in coastal lagoon formation
David Siqueiros Beltrones and Oscar U. Hernandez Almeida. CICIMAR-IPN, La Paz, BCS, MEXICO 
dsiquei@ipn.mx
Bacalar within a larger coastal interconnected ecosystem
Héctor A. Hernandez Arana
Dpto. Ecología Acuática y Sistemática
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur unidad Chetumal, Chetumal, MEXICO
hhernand@ecosur.mx
Nanakuli beach microbialites at the edge of  an urban center
Carmen Aguilar
School for Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
aguilar@uwm.edu


Paleoproterozoic stromatolite microbial communities of the Belchers Group, Nunavut, Canada
Dominic Papineau1 and Marilyn L. Fogel2
1Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA USA
1dominic.papineau@bc.edu
2Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, USA
Perspectives of conservation and sustainable growth in Bacalar
Gonzalo Merediz Alonso, Executive Director, Amigos de Sian Ka'an, Cancun, Mexico
gmerediz@amigosdesiankaan.org

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Spatially-resolved genomic, molecular organic, and stable isotopic analyses of an actively-accreting freshwater microbialite from Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico
David Hollander1, Mya Breitbart (CMS-USF), Anthony Nitti (CMS-USF), Janet Siefert (Rice U), Valeria Souza (UNAM)
1College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
1davidh@marine.usf.edu