report that 106 different chemical and
biological products are used in shrimp farms in Sinaloa state,
Mexico. The most commonly used products are feed additives,
liming materials, inorganic fertilizers and antibiotics, usually
released without treatment to coastal ecosystems. In order to
evaluate the potential accumulation of these pollutants we simulated,
as a first order approximation and best case scenario, a
conservative substance release in the Upper Area, where the
mangrove forest is located. Conservative substances are only
affected by hydrodynamics processes but shrimp farm pollutants
are also affected by processes such as fixation, sedimentation and
remineralization, potentially increasing their accumulation within
the Urias coastal lagoon