Seasonal and areal features of the lagoonal environment in Lake Nakanoumi, a shallow coastal lagoon in Japan

• DOI: 10.1007/bf00014956
• Publication Date: 2005-01-20T12:36:43Z
• Authors: Hisao Ohtake; Kunio Kondo; Yasushi Seike; Yoshio Date
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; 13. Climate action; 14. Life underwater; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; 6. Clean water

Lake Nakanoumi is a shallow coastal lagoon connected with the Japan Sea by a narrow channel. Over the past decade, land reclamation resulted in a 33% reduction of the lagoon's surface area. The remaining water basin of Lake Nakanoumi is scheduled to be artificially freshened to supply irrigation water for the newly reclaimed lands. This paper deals with the seasonal and areal features of the lagoonal environment prior to the beginning of the artificial desalinization.