Arrecife Tanhuijo

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Location on Continental Shelf
Inner-Shelf Bank

From: Universidad Veracruzana, 1996; Tunnell, 2007
Tanhuijo is a platform type reef that forms part of the Tuxpan Reef System, located at 18 km of the Tuxpan River Mouth in the Gulf of Mexico. Its terrace has a navigable channel with a West to East orientation. The mouth of the channel is 11m deep and it ends a short distance of the interior crest in the East section. A plateau develops in the leeward at a depth of 9 m. The South side reaches a depth of 15 m with a varied terrain. The region is characterized by sub-humid to humid climates of high rainfall and substantial mainland drainage.

References

  • Universidad Veracruzana. 1996. Ecobuceo en la Costa Norveracruzana. Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias Grupo de Ecologia Arrecifal.

  • Tunnell, J.W., Jr. 2007. Reef Distribution (chapter 2). In Tunnell, J.W. Jr., Chavez, E.O. and Withers, K. (eds) Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, 216 p.

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