The Aral Sea Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kostianoy, Andrey G. (Editor), Kosarev, Aleksey N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 7
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Geochemistry.; Oceanography.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental toxicology.; Marine Sciences.; Environment.; Environmental Chemistry.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88277-0
• Physical Description: XIV, 332p. 113 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540882770
• ISSN: 1867-979X

The environmental problems in the Aral Sea region continue to worsen. This volume presents the information gathered to date on various aspects of the Aral Sea environment. Specialists from institutions in Russia, Uzbekistan, France, Germany and the USA cover different topics  from the paleohistory and archaeology of the region, to the present physical, chemical and biological state of the sea, and the analysis of the runoff and deltas of the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers. Further, the regional climate change is discussed and reasons for the progressing environmental crisis and the socio-economic problems in the region are highlighted. The Aral Sea Environment is addressed to scientists working in the fields of physical oceanography, marine chemistry, biology, and the environmental sciences.