Environmental variability and heavy metal concentrations from five lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece)
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- Katerina Vasileiadou, Christina Pavloudi (UGent) , Ioanna Kalantzi, Eugenia T Apostolaki, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Evangelos Pafilis, Nafsika Papageorgiou, Lucia Fanini, Spyridon Konstas, Nina Fragopoulou and Christos Arvanitidis
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- Background: Coastal lagoons are ecosystems of major importance as they host a number of species tolerant to disturbances and they are highly productive. Therefore, these ecosystems should be protected to ensure stability and resilience. The lagoons of Amvrakikos Gulf form one of the most important lagoonal complexes in Greece. The optimal ecological status of these lagoons is crucial for the well-being of the biodiversity and the economic prosperity of the local communities. Thus, monitoring of the area is necessary to detect possible sources of disturbance and restore stability. New information: The environmental variables and heavy metals concentrations, from five lagoons of Amvrakikos Gulf were measured from seasonal samplings and compared to the findings of previous studies in the area, in order to check for possible sources of disturbance. The analysis, showed that i) the values of the abiotic parameters vary with time (season), space (lagoon) and with space over time; ii) the variability of the environmental factors and enrichment in certain elements is naturally induced and no source of contamination is detected in the lagoons.
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- environmental variables, heavy metals, Amvrakikos Gulf, lagoons
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8507219
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- Vasileiadou, Katerina, et al. “Environmental Variability and Heavy Metal Concentrations from Five Lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece).” BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL, vol. 4, 2016, doi:10.3897/bdj.4.e8233.
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- Vasileiadou, K., Pavloudi, C., Kalantzi, I., Apostolaki, E. T., Chatzigeorgiou, G., Chatzinikolaou, E., … Arvanitidis, C. (2016). Environmental variability and heavy metal concentrations from five lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece). BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL, 4. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e8233
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- Vasileiadou, Katerina, Christina Pavloudi, Ioanna Kalantzi, Eugenia T Apostolaki, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Evangelos Pafilis, et al. 2016. “Environmental Variability and Heavy Metal Concentrations from Five Lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece).” BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL 4. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e8233.
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- Vasileiadou, Katerina, Christina Pavloudi, Ioanna Kalantzi, Eugenia T Apostolaki, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Evangelos Pafilis, Nafsika Papageorgiou, Lucia Fanini, Spyridon Konstas, Nina Fragopoulou, and Christos Arvanitidis. 2016. “Environmental Variability and Heavy Metal Concentrations from Five Lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece).” BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL 4. doi:10.3897/bdj.4.e8233.
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- 1.Vasileiadou K, Pavloudi C, Kalantzi I, Apostolaki ET, Chatzigeorgiou G, Chatzinikolaou E, et al. Environmental variability and heavy metal concentrations from five lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece). BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL. 2016;4.
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- [1]K. Vasileiadou et al., “Environmental variability and heavy metal concentrations from five lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece),” BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL, vol. 4, 2016.
@article{8507219, abstract = {{Background: Coastal lagoons are ecosystems of major importance as they host a number of species tolerant to disturbances and they are highly productive. Therefore, these ecosystems should be protected to ensure stability and resilience. The lagoons of Amvrakikos Gulf form one of the most important lagoonal complexes in Greece. The optimal ecological status of these lagoons is crucial for the well-being of the biodiversity and the economic prosperity of the local communities. Thus, monitoring of the area is necessary to detect possible sources of disturbance and restore stability. New information: The environmental variables and heavy metals concentrations, from five lagoons of Amvrakikos Gulf were measured from seasonal samplings and compared to the findings of previous studies in the area, in order to check for possible sources of disturbance. The analysis, showed that i) the values of the abiotic parameters vary with time (season), space (lagoon) and with space over time; ii) the variability of the environmental factors and enrichment in certain elements is naturally induced and no source of contamination is detected in the lagoons.}}, articleno = {{e8233}}, author = {{Vasileiadou, Katerina and Pavloudi, Christina and Kalantzi, Ioanna and Apostolaki, Eugenia T and Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos and Chatzinikolaou, Eva and Pafilis, Evangelos and Papageorgiou, Nafsika and Fanini, Lucia and Konstas, Spyridon and Fragopoulou, Nina and Arvanitidis, Christos}}, issn = {{1314-2828}}, journal = {{BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL}}, keywords = {{environmental variables,heavy metals,Amvrakikos Gulf,lagoons}}, language = {{eng}}, pages = {{25}}, title = {{Environmental variability and heavy metal concentrations from five lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece)}}, url = {{http://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e8233}}, volume = {{4}}, year = {{2016}}, }
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