**Acknowledgements**

The scientific and technological research council of Turkey (Tubitak-Ardep project numbers: 113Y070; 115Y766) and scientific research projects' coordination unit of Istanbul University (BAP project numbers: 28942; 17828) kindly provided financial research supports, which are gratefully acknowledged. Furthermore, related MSc study project is also supported by scientific research projects' coordination unit of Istanbul University (BAP project number: 37190). We would kindly thank Istanbul Technical University Eastern Mediterranean Centre for Oceanography and Limnology (EMCOL) for their contribution and support for several aspects, i.e., retrieving the core samples, laboratory facilities, and discrete sampling processes. In this respect, we thank EMCOL students especially Dursun Acar, Burak Yalamaz, and Cansu Demirel.

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Özlem Bulkan1,2\*, Bilgehan Toksoy Ediş

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<sup>1</sup> and M. Namık Çağatay<sup>3</sup>

1 Geological Engineering Department, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul,

*"Geo-archives of a Coastal Lacustrine Eco-system": Lake Bafa (Mediterranean Sea)*

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85589*

2 Department of Surface Waters-Research and Management, Swiss Federal Institute

3 EMCOL Research Centre, Faculty of Mining, Istanbul Technical University,

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