The collective phenomena arising in a system of globally coupled chaotic logarithmic maps are investigated by considering the properties of the mean field of the network. Several collective states are found in the phase diagram of the system: synchronized, collective periodic, collective chaotic, and fully turbulent states. In contrast with previously studied globally coupled systems, no splitting of the elements into different groups nor quasiperiodic collective states occur in this model. The organization of the observed nontrivial collective states is related to the presence of unstable periodic orbits in the local dynamics. The role that the properties of the local dynamics play in the emergence and characteristics of nontrivial collective behavior in globally coupled systems is discussed. §1. IntroductionCoupled map lattices (CML) are discrete space, discrete time dynamical systems of interacting elements whose states vary continuously according to specific functions. Globally coupled maps constitute a class of CML where the coupling interaction is a function of all the elements. 1) Though CML models are idealized systems, they have proved capable of capturing much of the phenomenology observed in a variety of complex spatiotemporal processes, with the advantage of being computationally efficient and, in many cases, mathematically tractable. 2) There has been recent interest in the use of CML models in the investigation of cooperative phenomena, such as synchronization or nontrivial collective behavior, which appear in many extended chaotic dynamical systems. 3) -7) Synchronization consists of the complete coincidence in time of the states of the elements in a system, while nontrivial collective behavior is characterized by a well-defined temporal evolution of statistical quantities emerging out of local chaos.An important category of systems with many degrees of freedom which can exhibit these collective effects is globally coupled nonlinear oscillators. Such systems arise naturally in the description of Josephson junctions arrays, charge density waves, multimode lasers, neural dynamics, and ecological and evolution models. 8) -12) Globally coupled maps represent a useful approach to the study of many processes on this kind of systems, in particular to the search for the conditions leading to the occurrence of collective dynamics.Studies in globally coupled chaotic maps have revealed interesting features such as: a) formation of clusters, i.e., differentiated subsets of synchronized elements within the network; 13) b) non-statistical properties in the fluctuations of the mean field of the ensemble; 13), 14) c) global quasiperiodic motion; 15),16) d) different collecDownloaded from https://academic.oup.