1. Biodiversity.
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Sapozhnikov, Philipp V., Arashkevich, Elena G., and Ivanishcheva, Polina S.
- Abstract
During the last five decades the Aral Sea has been undergoing dramatic changes. Because of river runoff cessation and subsequent decrease in water body volume, mineralisation in the western Large Aral increased from 10 ppt in 1960 to 116 ppt in 2008. Concurrently, crucial changes have been occurring in the Aral ecosystem manifested by the disappearance of most native species and a significant decline in biodiversity. The objective of this chapter is to consider the main results on species composition and distribution of benthic and pelagic organisms obtained between 2002 and 2008 along with the historical data on biodiversity of the Aral Sea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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