Meullin Yulton

"These ecosystems are unique in the world" But I find Science, Culture and Tourism Rating Geological and Cultural Heritage of the Aysen Region "was not the only one where records are delivered to question the appropriateness of the Southern Energy Initiative . During the Last week was conducted in the Sixth Congress Coyhaique Chilean Society of Limnology, which is discussed general issues related to inland aquatic ecosystems. The biologist at the University of Concepcion and Ph.D. candidate of the Laboratory of Fish Ecology and Conservation of Eula in the same house of studies, Juan Jose Ortiz, presented the research "Galaxies in Lake Yulton platei (Cuenca Rio Cuervo, Aysen Region ), free of invaders and under threat ", which carried on with Dr. Evelyn Habit in Environmental Sciences. In this, the conclusion was that "the construction of civil works for hydroelectric generation in the area, which aims to unite and Meullin Yulton lakes, and ponds Mud Hens, is a high risk for this population and the entire ecosystem, since the greater access to the area involves a high probability of introduction of alien species (salmonids), and destruction of feeding and breeding habitats of this species, " referring to the threat puyes populations, a species native to the southernmost area of the Americas. The investigation showed the importance for science to maintain the original state of water bodies with the characteristics of the lake Yulton, since "the discovery of oligotrophic lakes of this size is of great importance for the understanding of the structure and functioning of the near-pristine systems. .