The Centro de Documentación "Ecosistemas Litorales Mexicanos" (CDELM) presents documentation assembled by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. The CDELM is the largest Mexican database on scientific information on Mexican coastal ecosystems, such as coastal lagoons, estuaries, marshes, sounds, inlets and bays.

The CDELM contains approximately 6,000 bibliographic references (with abstracts) about all scientific information published about these ecosystems. All information contained in the CDELM has been academically evaluated. Therefore, the database is divided in scientific articles, thesis, and presentations given at scientific meetings. Technical reports and similar documents are excluded.

Field of Focus
Mexican Coastal Ecosystems