“…From the above discussion, it seems reasonable that our findings can be extrapolated to the numerous tropical deep maar lakes with steep bathymetry that are found in tropical volcanic regions, such as Lake Monoun in Cameroon (http://mhalb.pagesperso-orange.fr/nyos/2006/06bathyme-try_monoun.html), Lake Guatavita in Colombia (Rivera Rondón et al, 2010), Caliente Lake in Costa Rica (Tassi et al, 2009) and Lake Loreto in Equatorial Guinea (Schabetsberger et al, 2004), as well as those lakes along the TransMexican Volcanic Belt in Mexico [Lake Santa María del Oro in Nayarit (Serrano et al, 2002); Lakes Atexcac, Quechulac, La Preciosa and Aljojuca in Puebla (ArredondoFigueroa et al, 1983); and Lakes Majahual, Chalchopan and Manantiales in Veracruz (Vázquez et al, 2004)]. …”