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Aladin N.V., Plotnikov I.S., Potts W.T.W., 1995. The Aral Sea desiccation and possible ways of rehabilitation and conservation of its North part // Int. J. Environmetrics. Vol. 6: 17-29

Aladin N.V., Plotnikov I.S., Ballatore T., Micklin P. Review of Technical Interventions to Restore the Northern Aral Sea

Aladin N.V., 1991. Salinity tolerance and morphology of the osmoregulation organs in Cladocera from Aral sea // Hydrobiologia, 225: 2291-299

Aladin N., Micklin Ph., Keyser D., Plotnikov I., Letolle R., Smurov A., Cretaux J.-F. 2006. Results of Aral Sea studies. In: Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 29

Aladin N.V., Plotnikov I.S., Letolle R. 2004. Hydrobiology of the Aral Sea. In: Dying and Dead Seas. NATO ARW/ASI Series, Kluwer Publ., Dordrecht. Pp. 125-15

Aladin N., Micklin Ph., Keyser D., Plotnikov I. 2006. Managing Aral Lake and their Basin for Sustainable Use. In: Abstract Volume. World Water Week in Stokholm. Beyond the River – Sharing Benefits and Responsibilities. August 20-26, 2006. Pp. 258-259

Aladin N.V., Plotnikov I.S., Micklin P. & Ballatore T. 2008. The Aral Sea: water level, salinity and long-term changes in biological communities of an endangered ecosystem - past, present and future. In: Oren, A., Naftz, D.L., and Wurtsbaugh, W.A. (eds.), Saline lakes around the world: unique systems with unique values. The S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Research Library, published in conjunction with the Utah State University College of Natural Resources

Aladin N., Micklin P., Plotnikov I. 2008. Biodiversity of the Aral Sea and its importance to the possible ways of rehabilitating and conserving its remnant water bodies. In: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series – C: Environmental Security. Environmental Problems of Central Asia and their Economic, Social and Security Impacts. Edited by Jiaguo Qi, Kyle T.Evered. Springer. 73-98

Aladin N.V., Gontar V.I., Zhakova L.V., Plotnikov I.S., Smurov A.O., Rzymski P., Klimaszyk P. The zoocenosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2018)

Adilov B., Shomurodov Kh., Rakhimova T., Sultamuratov A., Polvonov F., Begjanova G., Jabbarov Z., Wang L., Zhao Zh.. Vegetation colonization and biodiversity dynamics on the exposed Aral Sea bed: A 35 years investigation / Ecological Indicators 177 (2025)

Ayzel G.V., Izhitskiy A.С., Kurbaniyazov A.K., Zhanabayeva Zh.A. Evaluation of Dynamic Change of Water Level of the Small Aral Sea based on Data of Open Sources / News of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 2020

Alles D.L. (ed.) The Aral Sea. 2009

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Benduhn F., Renard P. A dynamic model of the Aral Sea water and salt balance / Journal of Marine Systems, 47, issues 1-4, 35-50, 2004

Bekchanov M., Ringler C., Bhaduri A., Jeuland M. Optimizing irrigation efficiency improvements in the Aral Sea Basin / Water Resources and Economics, Volume 13, January 2016, Pages 30–45

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Cai X., McKinney D.C., Rosegrant M.W. Sustainability analysis for irrigation water management in the Aral Sea region / Agricultural Systems 76 (2003) 1043–1066

Cretaux J.-F., Kouraev A.V., Papa F., Berge-Nguyen M., Cazenave A., Aladin N., Plotnikov I.S. Evolution of Sea Level of the Big Aral Sea from Satellite Altimetry and Its Implications for Water Balance / Journal of Great Lakes Research, January 2005

Cretaux J.-F., Letolle R., Berge-Nguyen M. History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates / Global and Planetary Change 110 (2013) 99–113

Conrad C., Schonbrodt-Stitt S., Abdullaev I., Dimov D., Ibrakhimov M., Knofel P., Leinich M., Morper-Busch L., Schorcht G., Solodky G., Sorokin A., Sorokin D., Stulina G., Toshpulatov R., Unger-Shayesteh K., Zaitov S., Dukhovny V. Remote Sensing and GIS for Supporting the Agricultural Use of Land and Water Resources in the Aral Sea Basin / Water resources of Central Asia and their use: materials International Scientific-Practical Conference devoted to the summing-up of the "Water for Life" decade declared by the United Nations. – 2016

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Dying and Dead Seas. Climatic Versus Anthropic Causes. Nihoul, Jacques C.J., Zavialov, Peter O., Micklin, Philip P. (Eds.) / Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Leige, Belgium, 7-10 May, 2003

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Ferrar M.J. The Aral, Lake or Sea. 2010

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Gadaev A., Niyazov I. Uzbekistan: Aral Sea ecological disaster and water resources management issues

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Ibrakhimov M., Khamzina A., Forkutsa I., Paluasheva G., Lamers J. P. A., Tischbein B., Vlek P. L. G., Martius C. Groundwater table and salinity: Spatial and temporal distribution and influence on soil salinization in Khorezm region (Uzbekistan, Aral Sea Basin) / Irrig Drainage Syst (2007) 21:219–236

Ibrakhimov M., Khalid Awan U., Sultanov M., Akramkhanov A., Djumaboev K., Conrad C., Lamers J. Combining remote sensing and modeling approaches to assess soil salinity in irrigated areas of the Aral Sea Basin / Central Asian Journal of Water Research (2019) 5(2): 100-116

Izhitskiy A., Zavialov P., Kurbaniyazov A. Hydrographic properties of separate residual basins of the Aral Sea: in situ observations and intercomparison / Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17

Izhitskiy A., Ayzel G., Zavialov P., Kurbaniyazov A. Estimation of the Aral Sea state predictability based on the open data sources and the unique field observations

Izhitskiy A., Zavialov P. Latest Data on Thermohaline Structure and Circulation of the Dying Aral Sea / Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 12

Izhitskiy A., Zavialov P., Sapozhnikov P., Kirillin G., Grossart H., Kalinina O., Zalota A., Goncharenko I., Kurbaniyazov A. Present state of the Aral Sea: diverging physical and biological characteristics of the residual basins

Izhitskiy A., Kirillin G., Goncharenko I., Kurbaniyazov A., Zavialov P. The world's largest heliothermal lake newly formed in the Aral Sea basin / Environmental Research Letters, Volume 16, Number 11

Izhitskaya E., Egorov A., Zavialov P., Yakushev E., Izhitskiy A. Dissolved methane in the residual basins of the Aral Se / Environmental Research Letters, Volume 14, Number 6

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Jarsjo J, Destouni G. Groundwater discharge into the Aral Sea after 1960 / Journal of Marine Systems 47 (2004) 109-120

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Kadukin A.I., Klige R.K. The water balance of the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea / Hydrologe of Naamil and Manmade Lakes (Proceeding ol the Vienna Symposium, August 1991). IAHS Publ. no. 206, 1991

Kamolov B.A. The salt and dust from the Aral Sea have the potential to transform Central Asia into another Sahara. IgMin Res. January 03, 2025

Kitamura Y., Yano T., Honna T., Yamamoto S., Inosako K. Causes of farmland salinization and remedial measures in the Aral Sea basin — Research on water management to prevent secondary salinization in rice-based cropping system in arid land / Agricultural Water Management 85 (2006) 1–14

Kreuzberg-Mukhina E., Gorelkin N., Kreuzberg A., Talskykh V., Bykova E., Aparin V., Mirabdullaev I., Toryannikova R. The Promise for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation in Central Asia: Focus on the Aral Sea Basin / The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Freshwater Resources in West Asia, Central Asia and North Africa // The 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress, Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand, November 17-25, 2004

Khujaev O., Obidjanov D., Mukhsimov N., Nazarova O., Turatbekova A., Tokhtamurodova N. Study on protection of forest plants from pests inhabited in the dry part of the Aral Sea / IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 1142, 3rd International Conference on Energetics, Civil and Agricultural Engineering 2022 13/10/2022

Kumar N., Khamzina A., Knöfel P., Lamers J., Tischbein B. Afforestation of Degraded Croplands as a Water-Saving Option in Irrigated Region of the Aral Sea Basin / Water 2021, 13, 1433

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Letolle R., Micklin P., Aladin N. and Plotnikov I. 2007. Uzboy and the Aral regressions: A hydrological approach. Quaternary International, October-November 2007: 125-136

Lloyd-Roberts S., Anbarasan E. The Aral Sea: back from the brink? / The UNESCO Courier, January 2000

Liu W., Ma L., Abuduwaili J. Historical Change and Ecological Risk of Potentially Toxic Elements in the Lake Sediments from North Aral Sea, Central Asia // Applied Sciences, 2020, 10, 5623

Löw F., Prishchepov A.V., Waldner F., Dubovyk O., Akramkhanov A., Biradar Ch., Lamers J. Mapping Cropland Abandonment in the Aral Sea Basin with MODIS Time Series / Monitoring Agricultural Land-Use Change and Land-Use Intensity: Special Issue. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 159

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Managing in-land water disasters in the Aral Sea: Building a sub-regional co-operation mechanism for adaptation and resilience / Summary of Key Results. UNESCAP, 2022

Micklin P.P. Desiccation of the Aral Sea: a water management disaster in the Soviet Union. // Science. 1988. - No. 241(4870). - P. 1170-1176.

Micklin P.P. The Devastation and Partial Rehabilitation of the Aral Sea: Lessons for Lake Urmia? (2014)

Dust migration model for the Southern Aral Sea region. UNDP, 2025

Micklin P., Aladin N. Reclaiming the Aral Sea. Scientific American, April, 2008: 64-71

McKinney D.C., Cai X. Multiobjective Optimization Model for Water Allocation in the Aral Sea Basin

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Narbaev M., Pavlova V. The Aral Sea, Central Asian Countries and Climate Change in the 21st Century / Working Paper Series, Part I: Aral Sea. UNESCAP, 2022

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Peachey E.J. The Aral Sea Basin Crisis and Sustainable Water Resource Management in Central Asia

Petrov G.N. Modern problems of integrated use of water and energy resources of the Aral Sea basin / Scientific-practical journal “water resources, Energetics and Ecology” 2021, Vol. 1, № 1

Peneva E.L., Stanev E.V., Stanychni S.V., Salokhiddinov A., Stulina G. The recent evolution of the Aral Sea level and water properties: analysis of satellite, gauge and hydrometeorological data / Journal of Marine Systems, 2004

Pirnazarova M., Risnazarov A., Nietullaeva S., Berdimbetov T., Janibekov I., Perdebaeva I. Study relationship between water resource and climate change in territory in the Aral Sea region / Journal of New Century Innovations. Volume 1. March 2022

Plotnikov I.S., Aladin N.V., Mossin J., Hoeg J.T. Crustacean Fauna of the Aral Sea and its Relation to Ichthyofauna During the Modern Regression Crisis and Efforts at Restoration // Zoological Studies 60:25 (2021)

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Raftkova N.A. Forecasting and the forecast of changes of arid geosystems in the conditions of proceeding ecological destabilization in Aral Sea Region / Issues of Geography and Geoecology, № 4 2019

Raskin P., Hansen E., Zhu Z. Simulation of Water Supply and Demand in the Aral Sea Region / Water International, January 1992

Raskin P., Hansen E., Zhu Z. Strategies for the Aral Sea Region: A Systems Approach, in the Proceedings of Russian Academy of Sciences, Series of Geography, Moscow, Russian Federation, 1991.

Rafikov V., Mamadjanova G. Forecasting changes of hydrological and hydrochemical conditions in the Aral Sea / Geodesy and Geodynamics, Volume 5, Issue 3, August 2014, Pages 55–58

Ramazanov A., Buriev S., Koshekov R. Water availability and water use planning in the Aral Sea basin / IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 883, International Scientific Conference Construction Mechanics, Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering (CONMECHYDRO – 2020) 23-25 April 2020

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Srivastava S., Dewi M.B.K., Suman R.K., Shrivastav A., Behboodi A., Dubey S. Managing in-land water disasters in the Aral Sea: Building a sub-regional co-operation mechanism for adaptation and resilience / Working Paper Series, Part II: Aral Sea. UNESCAP, 2022

Small E.E., Sloan L.C., Hostetler S., Giorgi F. Simulating the water balance of the Aral Sea with a coupled regional climate-lake model / Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 104, No. D6, pages 6583-6602, March 27, 1999

Sala R. 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) (Chapter 5) /Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road, L. E. Yang et al. (eds.), 2019

Shomurodov Kh., Rakhimova T., Adilov B., Beshko N., Karimov F., Polvonov F. Current state of vegetation of the dried bottom of the Aral Sea / IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 629, Environmental transformation and sustainable development in Asian region 8-10 September 2020, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Sorrel P. The Aral Sea: a palaeoclimate archive. Doctoral thesis. Presented to obtain the Academic Degrees “Doktor der Naturwissenschaften an der Universitat Potsdam”. - 2006. - 139 pp.

Sojamo S. Investigating co-existing conflict and cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin with TWINS-approach / Rahaman, M.M., Varis, O. (eds.): Central Asian Waters, 2008, pp. 75-88

Stulina G., Idirisov K. Soil Cover in the Eastern Part of the Dried Bed of the Aral Sea / Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 2024, 12, 30-37

Presentations at Conferences

International Conference "Aral: Past, Present and Future. Two centuries of the Aral Sea investigations", Saint Petersburg, 13-15 October 2009

Aladin N.V. The Aral Sea: already dead, dying, or alive?

Boroffka N. Archaeology and its relevance to the history of climate and hydrology

Cretaux J.-F., Letolle R., Berge-Nguyen M., Calmant S., Kouraev A. Aral Sea level variations from satellite. Remote sensing data

Gophen M. Water level decline in lakes: the diferrence between disaster and welfare

Karlsson I., Bjorklund G. Sustainable cotton - an achievable goal in the Aral Sea area?

Krivonogov S.K., Kuzmin Y.V., Burr G.S., Gusskov S.A., Khazin L.B., Zhakov E.Yu., Nurgizarinov A.N., Kurmanbaev R.Kh., Kenshinbay T.I. New data on the Aral Sea level changes in the Holocene and Pre-Holocene times

Micklin, P.P. The Future of the Aral Sea: is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Navratil P., Low F. Multi-sensoral remote sensing of landcover and wetland habitats on the desiccated Aral Sea bed in southern Priaralye

Novikova N.M. Scientific and applied problems of the organization of the landscape ecological monitoring in Southern Priaralyie

Oren A. The microbiology of the Dead Sea: past, present, and future

Plotnikov I.S. Dynamics of free-living invertebrates fauna of the Aral Sea

Smurov A.O., Fokin S.I., Aladin N.V. The effect of oceanic and Aral Sea water on salinity tolerance Paramecia ssp. (Ciliophora)

Van Baalen M. Adding Insult to Injury: Climate Change and the Aral Sea Basin

Zhakova L. Water flora composition and distribution of macrophytes in the Aral Sea: comparison for the present and the past

St. Petersburg Statement on the Aral Sea

The Second International Conference on the Aral Sea Problems, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Laboratory of Brackish Water Research of Zoological Institute RAS St Petersburg, 15-18 November 2019

Gallagher R. Strandlines on Azerbaijan's Mud Volcanoes and coastal interior: New evidence of a catastrophic marine flood impacting the Ponto Caspian and Aral Sea regions with its implications to natural science and humankind

Konyushkova M.V., Kontoboytseva A., Pankova Ye., Mamutov N., Statov V. Soil salinization monitoring using remote sensing data on agricultural lands of the Aral Sea region

White K. Ecological and Economic Recovery in Kazakhstan’s Northern Aral Sea Region

Cretaux J.-F., Berge-Nguyen M. Lakes in Central Asia, survey from satellite remote sensing

Klimaszyk P., Marszelewski W., Rzymski P., Kuczynska-Kippen N., Szelag-Wasielewska E., Borowiak D., Nowinski K., Niedzielski P., Baikenzheeva A., Kurmanbaev R., Aladin N.V. Differentiation of biotopes and biocoenoses of Small Aral Sea and lower course of Syr Darya River. Spring survey 2018

Alonso M. Limnological studies of the salt lakes in Mongolia are important for rehabilitation projects of the Aral Sea

Advanced St. Petersburg Statement on the Aral Sea