Aral Sea (English Wikipedia)

Yang, Xuewen; Wang, Ninglian; Chen, An'an; He, Jing; Hua, Ting; Qie, Yufan (August 2020). "Changes in area and water volume of the Aral Sea in the arid Central Asia over the period of 1960–2018 and their causes". CATENA. 191 104566. Bibcode:2020Caten.19104566Y. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2020.104566.
Aladin et al. 2019. Aladin, Nikolay Vasilevich; Gontar, Valentina Ivanovna; Zhakova, Ljubov Vasilevna; Plotnikov, Igor Svetozarovich; Smurov, Alexey Olegovich; Rzymski, Piotr; Klimaszyk, Piotr (January 2019). "The zoocenosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (3): 2228–2237. Bibcode:2019ESPR...26.2228A. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3807-z. PMC 6338704. PMID 30484051.
Nedoluzhko, Artem V.; Sharko, Fedor S.; Tsygankova, Svetlana V.; Boulygina, Eugenia S.; Barmintseva, Anna E.; Krasivskaya, Anna A.; Ibragimova, Amina S.; Gruzdeva, Natalia M.; Rastorguev, Sergey M.; Mugue, Nikolai S. (20 January 2020). "Molecular phylogeny of one extinct and two critically endangered Central Asian sturgeon species (genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus) based on their mitochondrial genomes". Scientific Reports. 10 (1) 722. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10..722N. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-57581-y. PMC 6971001. PMID 31959974.
Cretaux, Letolle & Bergé-Nguyen 2013, pp. 100, 105–106. Cretaux, Jean-François; Letolle, René; Bergé-Nguyen, Muriel (November 2013). "History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates". Global and Planetary Change. 110: 99–113. Bibcode:2013GPC...110...99C. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.006.
Cretaux, Letolle & Bergé-Nguyen 2013, p. 103. Cretaux, Jean-François; Letolle, René; Bergé-Nguyen, Muriel (November 2013). "History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates". Global and Planetary Change. 110: 99–113. Bibcode:2013GPC...110...99C. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.006.
Keith, DA; Rodríguez, J.P.; Rodríguez-Clark, K.M.; Aapala, K.; Alonso, A.; Asmussen, M.; Bachman, S.; Bassett, A.; Barrow, E.G.; Benson, J.S.; Bishop, M.J.; Bonifacio, R.; Brooks, T.M.; Burgman, M.A.; Comer, P.; Comín, F.A.; Essl, F.; Faber-Langendoen, D.; Fairweather, P.G.; Holdaway, R.J.; Jennings, M.; Kingsford, R.T.; Lester, R.E.; Mac Nally, R.; McCarthy, M.A.; Moat, J.; Nicholson, E.; Oliveira-Miranda, M.A.; Pisanu, P.; Poulin, B.; Riecken, U.; Spalding, M.D.; Zambrano-Martínez, S. (2013). "Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems". PLOS ONE. 8 (5) e62111. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...862111K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062111. PMC 3648534. PMID 23667454.
Jensen, S; Mazhitova, Z; Zetterstrom, R (5 November 1997). "Environmental pollution and child health in the Aral Sea region in Kazakhstan". Science of the Total Environment. 206 (2–3): 187–193. Bibcode:1997ScTEn.206..187J. doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(97)80009-5. PMID 9394482.
Saiko, Tatyana (1998). "Geographical and socio-economic dimensions of the Aral Sea crisis and their impact on the potential for community action". Journal of Arid Environments. 39 (2): 230. Bibcode:1998JArEn..39..225S. doi:10.1006/jare.1998.0406.
McDermid, Sonali Shukla; Winter, Jonathan (December 2017). "Anthropogenic forcings on the climate of the Aral Sea: A regional modeling perspective". Anthropocene. 20: 48–60. Bibcode:2017Anthr..20...48M. doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2017.03.003.
Aladin et al. 2019, p. 2234. Aladin, Nikolay Vasilevich; Gontar, Valentina Ivanovna; Zhakova, Ljubov Vasilevna; Plotnikov, Igor Svetozarovich; Smurov, Alexey Olegovich; Rzymski, Piotr; Klimaszyk, Piotr (January 2019). "The zoocenosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (3): 2228–2237. Bibcode:2019ESPR...26.2228A. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3807-z. PMC 6338704. PMID 30484051.
Ermakhanov et al. 2012, p. 7. Ermakhanov, Z. K.; Plotnikov, I. S.; Aladin, N. V.; Micklin, P. (March 2012). "Changes in the Aral Sea ichthyofauna and fishery during the period of ecological crisis". Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 17 (1): 3–9. Bibcode:2012LRRM...17....3E. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1770.2012.00492.x.
Small, Ian; van der Meer, J; Upshur, Ross (June 2001). "Acting on an environmental health disaster: the case of the Aral Sea". Environmental Health Perspectives. 109 (6): 547–549. Bibcode:2001EnvHP.109..547S. doi:10.1289/ehp.01109547. PMC 1240333. PMID 11445505.

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Middleton, Nick (2003). "The Aral Sea". In Shahgedanova, Maria (ed.). The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia. Oxford University Press. pp. 497–498. ISBN 978-0-19-823384-8.
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Glantz, Michael H. (1999). Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea... Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 0-521-62086-4. Retrieved 17 May 2008.

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Program of actions on providing assistance to the countries of the Aral Sea Basin for the period of 2011-2015 (ASBP-3) (PDF) (Report). International Fund for saving the Aral Sea. 2012.

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Yang, Xuewen; Wang, Ninglian; Chen, An'an; He, Jing; Hua, Ting; Qie, Yufan (August 2020). "Changes in area and water volume of the Aral Sea in the arid Central Asia over the period of 1960–2018 and their causes". CATENA. 191 104566. Bibcode:2020Caten.19104566Y. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2020.104566.
Aladin et al. 2019. Aladin, Nikolay Vasilevich; Gontar, Valentina Ivanovna; Zhakova, Ljubov Vasilevna; Plotnikov, Igor Svetozarovich; Smurov, Alexey Olegovich; Rzymski, Piotr; Klimaszyk, Piotr (January 2019). "The zoocenosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (3): 2228–2237. Bibcode:2019ESPR...26.2228A. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3807-z. PMC 6338704. PMID 30484051.
Nedoluzhko, Artem V.; Sharko, Fedor S.; Tsygankova, Svetlana V.; Boulygina, Eugenia S.; Barmintseva, Anna E.; Krasivskaya, Anna A.; Ibragimova, Amina S.; Gruzdeva, Natalia M.; Rastorguev, Sergey M.; Mugue, Nikolai S. (20 January 2020). "Molecular phylogeny of one extinct and two critically endangered Central Asian sturgeon species (genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus) based on their mitochondrial genomes". Scientific Reports. 10 (1) 722. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10..722N. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-57581-y. PMC 6971001. PMID 31959974.
Cretaux, Letolle & Bergé-Nguyen 2013, pp. 100, 105–106. Cretaux, Jean-François; Letolle, René; Bergé-Nguyen, Muriel (November 2013). "History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates". Global and Planetary Change. 110: 99–113. Bibcode:2013GPC...110...99C. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.006.
Sala, Renato (28 February 2019). "Quantitative Evaluation of the Impact on Aral Sea Levels by Anthropogenic Water Withdrawal and Syr Darya Course Diversion During the Medieval Period (1.0–0.8 ka BP)". In Yang, Lian Emlyn; Bork, Hans-Rudolf; Fang, Xuiqi; Mishke, Steffen (eds.). Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road. Springer, Cham. p. 95-121. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00728-7_5. ISBN 978-3-030-00727-0.
Cretaux, Letolle & Bergé-Nguyen 2013, p. 103. Cretaux, Jean-François; Letolle, René; Bergé-Nguyen, Muriel (November 2013). "History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates". Global and Planetary Change. 110: 99–113. Bibcode:2013GPC...110...99C. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.006.
Micklin, Philip (December 2017). "The past, present, and future Aral Sea". Lakes & Reservoirs: Research & Management. 15 (3): 193–213. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1770.2010.00437.x.
Igor S. Plotnikov; Nikolai V. Aladin; Lubov V. Zhakova; Jens Mossin; Jens T. Høeg (2023). "Past, Present and Future of the Aral Sea - A Review of its Fauna and Flora before and during the Regression Crisis". Zoological Studies. 62 (62): e19. doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-19. PMC 10317995. PMID 37408707.
Keith, DA; Rodríguez, J.P.; Rodríguez-Clark, K.M.; Aapala, K.; Alonso, A.; Asmussen, M.; Bachman, S.; Bassett, A.; Barrow, E.G.; Benson, J.S.; Bishop, M.J.; Bonifacio, R.; Brooks, T.M.; Burgman, M.A.; Comer, P.; Comín, F.A.; Essl, F.; Faber-Langendoen, D.; Fairweather, P.G.; Holdaway, R.J.; Jennings, M.; Kingsford, R.T.; Lester, R.E.; Mac Nally, R.; McCarthy, M.A.; Moat, J.; Nicholson, E.; Oliveira-Miranda, M.A.; Pisanu, P.; Poulin, B.; Riecken, U.; Spalding, M.D.; Zambrano-Martínez, S. (2013). "Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems". PLOS ONE. 8 (5) e62111. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...862111K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062111. PMC 3648534. PMID 23667454.
Jensen, S; Mazhitova, Z; Zetterstrom, R (5 November 1997). "Environmental pollution and child health in the Aral Sea region in Kazakhstan". Science of the Total Environment. 206 (2–3): 187–193. Bibcode:1997ScTEn.206..187J. doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(97)80009-5. PMID 9394482.
O'Hara, Sarah; Wiggs, Giles; Mamedov, Batyr; Davidson, George; Hubbard, Richard (19 February 2000). "Exposure to airborne dust contaminated with pesticide in the Aral Sea region". The Lancet. 355 (9204): 627–628. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04753-4. PMID 10696990.
Saiko, Tatyana (1998). "Geographical and socio-economic dimensions of the Aral Sea crisis and their impact on the potential for community action". Journal of Arid Environments. 39 (2): 230. Bibcode:1998JArEn..39..225S. doi:10.1006/jare.1998.0406.
McDermid, Sonali Shukla; Winter, Jonathan (December 2017). "Anthropogenic forcings on the climate of the Aral Sea: A regional modeling perspective". Anthropocene. 20: 48–60. Bibcode:2017Anthr..20...48M. doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2017.03.003.
Aladin et al. 2019, p. 2234. Aladin, Nikolay Vasilevich; Gontar, Valentina Ivanovna; Zhakova, Ljubov Vasilevna; Plotnikov, Igor Svetozarovich; Smurov, Alexey Olegovich; Rzymski, Piotr; Klimaszyk, Piotr (January 2019). "The zoocenosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (3): 2228–2237. Bibcode:2019ESPR...26.2228A. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3807-z. PMC 6338704. PMID 30484051.
Ermakhanov et al. 2012, p. 7. Ermakhanov, Z. K.; Plotnikov, I. S.; Aladin, N. V.; Micklin, P. (March 2012). "Changes in the Aral Sea ichthyofauna and fishery during the period of ecological crisis". Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 17 (1): 3–9. Bibcode:2012LRRM...17....3E. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1770.2012.00492.x.
Crighton, Eric James; Barwin, Lynn; Small, Ian; Upshur, Ross (April 2011). "What have we learned? A review of the literature on children's health and the environment in the Aral Sea area". International Journal of Public Health. 56 (2): 125–138. doi:10.1007/s00038-010-0201-0. PMC 3066395. PMID 20976516.
Kaneko, K; Chiba, M; Hashizume, M; Kunii, O; Sasaki, S; Shimoda, T; Yamashiro, Y; Caypil, W; Dauletbaev, D (4 March 2003). "Renal tubular dysfunction in children living in the Aral Sea Region". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 88 (11): 966–968. doi:10.1136/adc.88.11.966. PMC 1719339. PMID 14612357.
Small, Ian; van der Meer, J; Upshur, Ross (June 2001). "Acting on an environmental health disaster: the case of the Aral Sea". Environmental Health Perspectives. 109 (6): 547–549. Bibcode:2001EnvHP.109..547S. doi:10.1289/ehp.01109547. PMC 1240333. PMID 11445505.
Usmanova, RM (25 March 2013). "Aral Sea and sustainable development". Water Sci Technol. 47 (7–8): 41–7. doi:10.2166/wst.2003.0669. PMID 12793660.
Olli Varis (2 October 2014). "Resources: Curb vast water use in central Asia. [Nature Vol 514(7520)]". Nature News. 514 (7520): 27–9. doi:10.1038/514027a. PMID 25279902.

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Cretaux, Letolle & Bergé-Nguyen 2013, p. 103. Cretaux, Jean-François; Letolle, René; Bergé-Nguyen, Muriel (November 2013). "History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates". Global and Planetary Change. 110: 99–113. Bibcode:2013GPC...110...99C. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.006.

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Aladin et al. 2019. Aladin, Nikolay Vasilevich; Gontar, Valentina Ivanovna; Zhakova, Ljubov Vasilevna; Plotnikov, Igor Svetozarovich; Smurov, Alexey Olegovich; Rzymski, Piotr; Klimaszyk, Piotr (January 2019). "The zoocenosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (3): 2228–2237. Bibcode:2019ESPR...26.2228A. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3807-z. PMC 6338704. PMID 30484051.
Nedoluzhko, Artem V.; Sharko, Fedor S.; Tsygankova, Svetlana V.; Boulygina, Eugenia S.; Barmintseva, Anna E.; Krasivskaya, Anna A.; Ibragimova, Amina S.; Gruzdeva, Natalia M.; Rastorguev, Sergey M.; Mugue, Nikolai S. (20 January 2020). "Molecular phylogeny of one extinct and two critically endangered Central Asian sturgeon species (genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus) based on their mitochondrial genomes". Scientific Reports. 10 (1) 722. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10..722N. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-57581-y. PMC 6971001. PMID 31959974.
Igor S. Plotnikov; Nikolai V. Aladin; Lubov V. Zhakova; Jens Mossin; Jens T. Høeg (2023). "Past, Present and Future of the Aral Sea - A Review of its Fauna and Flora before and during the Regression Crisis". Zoological Studies. 62 (62): e19. doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-19. PMC 10317995. PMID 37408707.
Keith, DA; Rodríguez, J.P.; Rodríguez-Clark, K.M.; Aapala, K.; Alonso, A.; Asmussen, M.; Bachman, S.; Bassett, A.; Barrow, E.G.; Benson, J.S.; Bishop, M.J.; Bonifacio, R.; Brooks, T.M.; Burgman, M.A.; Comer, P.; Comín, F.A.; Essl, F.; Faber-Langendoen, D.; Fairweather, P.G.; Holdaway, R.J.; Jennings, M.; Kingsford, R.T.; Lester, R.E.; Mac Nally, R.; McCarthy, M.A.; Moat, J.; Nicholson, E.; Oliveira-Miranda, M.A.; Pisanu, P.; Poulin, B.; Riecken, U.; Spalding, M.D.; Zambrano-Martínez, S. (2013). "Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems". PLOS ONE. 8 (5) e62111. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...862111K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062111. PMC 3648534. PMID 23667454.
Jensen, S; Mazhitova, Z; Zetterstrom, R (5 November 1997). "Environmental pollution and child health in the Aral Sea region in Kazakhstan". Science of the Total Environment. 206 (2–3): 187–193. Bibcode:1997ScTEn.206..187J. doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(97)80009-5. PMID 9394482.
O'Hara, Sarah; Wiggs, Giles; Mamedov, Batyr; Davidson, George; Hubbard, Richard (19 February 2000). "Exposure to airborne dust contaminated with pesticide in the Aral Sea region". The Lancet. 355 (9204): 627–628. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04753-4. PMID 10696990.
Aladin et al. 2019, p. 2234. Aladin, Nikolay Vasilevich; Gontar, Valentina Ivanovna; Zhakova, Ljubov Vasilevna; Plotnikov, Igor Svetozarovich; Smurov, Alexey Olegovich; Rzymski, Piotr; Klimaszyk, Piotr (January 2019). "The zoocenosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (3): 2228–2237. Bibcode:2019ESPR...26.2228A. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3807-z. PMC 6338704. PMID 30484051.
Crighton, Eric James; Barwin, Lynn; Small, Ian; Upshur, Ross (April 2011). "What have we learned? A review of the literature on children's health and the environment in the Aral Sea area". International Journal of Public Health. 56 (2): 125–138. doi:10.1007/s00038-010-0201-0. PMC 3066395. PMID 20976516.
Kaneko, K; Chiba, M; Hashizume, M; Kunii, O; Sasaki, S; Shimoda, T; Yamashiro, Y; Caypil, W; Dauletbaev, D (4 March 2003). "Renal tubular dysfunction in children living in the Aral Sea Region". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 88 (11): 966–968. doi:10.1136/adc.88.11.966. PMC 1719339. PMID 14612357.
Small, Ian; van der Meer, J; Upshur, Ross (June 2001). "Acting on an environmental health disaster: the case of the Aral Sea". Environmental Health Perspectives. 109 (6): 547–549. Bibcode:2001EnvHP.109..547S. doi:10.1289/ehp.01109547. PMC 1240333. PMID 11445505.
Usmanova, RM (25 March 2013). "Aral Sea and sustainable development". Water Sci Technol. 47 (7–8): 41–7. doi:10.2166/wst.2003.0669. PMID 12793660.
Olli Varis (2 October 2014). "Resources: Curb vast water use in central Asia. [Nature Vol 514(7520)]". Nature News. 514 (7520): 27–9. doi:10.1038/514027a. PMID 25279902.

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