“…According to Canet and Prol-Ledesma [14], in Mexico there are three shallow submarine hydrothermal ventings, one of which is at Punta Mita, Nayarit, where anomalously high heat flow values have been calculated [15]. The study area is part of a shallow submarine hydrothermal system at Punta Mita (SSHSPM), in the Las Coronas fissure [16,17]. The hydrothermal discharges reach temperatures up to 89 • C. The emanated gas is composed mainly of N 2 (88%) and CH 4 (12%), and the fluids are less saline than seawater and significantly enriched in Si, Ca, Li, B, Ba, Rb, Fe, Mn, and As [18].…”