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The Evolution of an Ancient Coastal Lake (Lerna, Peloponnese, Greece)

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QUATERNARY
卷 5, 期 2, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.3390/quat5020022

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molluscs; palaeoenvironment; ostracods; Holocene; biodiversity; sedimentology

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  1. European Regional Development Fund of the European Union
  2. Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation [T1EDK-02363]

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This study investigated the Lake Lerna in NE Peloponnese, Greece, and analyzed two drill cores to establish the sedimentological succession and depositional environments. The study found that the lake and its fauna and flora were mostly affected by climatic fluctuations rather than human intervention.
Degradation of coastal environments is an issue that many areas in Europe are facing. In the present work, an ancient coastal lake wetland is investigated, the so-called Lake Lerna in NE Peloponnese, Greece. The area hosted early agricultural populations of modern Greece that started modifying their environment as early as the early-middle Neolithic. Two drill cores in the area of the ancient lake were analysed to establish the sedimentological succession and the depositional environments using sub-fossil assemblages (molluscs and ostracods). Three lithological and faunal units were recovered, the latter being confirmed by the statistical ordination method (non-metric multidimensional scaling). The usage of sub-fossil mollusc species for the first time in the region enriched the dataset and contributed significantly to the delimitation of the faunas. These consist of environments characterised by various levels of humidity (from stagnant waters to freshwater lake) and salinity, with ephemeral intrusions of salt water to the lake, documented by mollusc and ostracod populations. We conclude that the lake and its included fauna and flora were mostly affected by climatic fluctuations rather than human intervention in the area.

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