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Physical and Chemical Characteristics of a Mediterranean Coastal Microenvironment: The "Salty Lake" of Aghios Nikolaos (Crete, Greece)View Crossref metadata(active tab) <div id="edit-xml" class="form-item form-type-item"> <?xml version="1.0"?> <doi_batch version="4.4.1" xmlns="http://www.crossref.org/schema/4.4.1" xmlns:jats="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/JATS1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.crossref.org/schema/4.4.1 http://www.crossref.org/schemas/crossref4.4.1.xsd"><head><doi_batch_id>000689</doi_batch_id><timestamp>1713516064</timestamp><depositor><depositor_name>University of the Aegean</depositor_name><email_address>uoa@university.com</email_address></depositor><registrant>Global NEST Journal</registrant></head><body><journal><journal_metadata><full_title>Global NEST Journal</full_title><full_title>Global NEST: the international Journal</full_title><issn media_type="print">1790-7632</issn><issn media_type="electronic">2241-777X</issn></journal_metadata><journal_issue><titles><title>Issue 2</title></titles><publication_date><month>07</month><year>2024</year></publication_date><journal_volume><volume>2</volume></journal_volume><issue>2</issue></journal_issue><journal_article><titles><title>Physical and Chemical Characteristics of a Mediterranean Coastal Microenvironment: The "Salty Lake" of Aghios Nikolaos (Crete, Greece)</title></titles><abstract xmlns="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/JATS1"><p>The present paper examines a small and deep (53 m) salty lake, as well as the adjacent harbor of Aghios Nikolaos (Crete). The survey was carried out in 1996. Physicochemical parameters indicated that the main characteristics of the system are the inflow of karstic water from underwater springs inside the lake and the permanent anoxic conditions prevailing in its deeper part, below the thermocline. Nutrient concentrations are very high throughout the water column of the lake. Ammonia is the main source of nitrogen in the summer, particularly below the thermocline, whereas nitrates have high concentrations during spring and autumn. The high levels of these nutrients in the adjacent to the lake harbor and coastal waters indicate clearly the impact of the lake to the marine ecosystem. Anthropogenic pollutants, such as aromatic hydrocarbons, show high concentrations above thermocline, at 5-10 m depths during all samplings. However no particular point source was identified. The presence of hydrocarbons contributes to ineffective oxygenation of the lake waters and facilitates the development of anoxia and the production of ammonia. The PAH concentrations at the sampling stations outside the lake are typical of marine environments, with relatively small oil-derived inputs, indicating the complex role of the system as a source and/or as a trap of PAHs.</p></abstract><publication_date><month>04</month><day>28</day><year>2013</year></publication_date><pages><first_page>167</first_page><last_page>178</last_page></pages><publisher_item><identifier id_type="pii">147</identifier></publisher_item><doi_data><doi>10.30955/gnj.000147</doi><timestamp>1713516064</timestamp><resource>https://journal.gnest.org/publication/147</resource></doi_data></journal_article></journal></body></doi_batch> </div>
