<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Koskeridou, Efterpi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Danae Thivaiou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chrtistos Psarras</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evangelia Rentoumi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Niki Evelpidou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giannis Saitis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alexandros Petropoulos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chryssanthi Ioakim</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">George Katopodis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plessas, Spyros</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Evolution of an Ancient Coastal Lake (Lerna, Peloponnese, Greece)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quaternary</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/5/2/22</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;span&gt;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.&lt;/span&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>