Could the Plume of Tuxpan River Influence the Norther Reefs of the Reef Corridor of The Southwestern Gulf of Mexico?

River discharges are strongly influenced by rainfall, which, when increasing, is directly proportional to the expenses of the rivers, which are direct fertilizers for the sea [1]. The Tuxpan river is located in the northern coastal area of the state of Veracruz and is located 10 km from the Tuxpan reef and 15 km from the Enmedio and Tanhujio reefs, which are part of the Lobos-Tuxpan (LT) reef matrix located in the north part of the southwestern reef corridor from the Gulf of Mexico [2,3] (Figure 1). The study area is irrigated by the Common Gulf of México Water (CGMW) recirculated by a diurnal tide and dominated by a mesoscale and wind induced circulation [3-5]. It has been a matter of debate by specialists in the study of corals, whether the plume of the Tuxpan river affect the Tuxpan ́s reefs with sandy and mud type sediments which had been found there (Jordán-Garza, personal communication).