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Past, Present and Future of the Aral Sea - A Review of its Fauna and Flora before and during the Regression Crisis

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  • 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
  • 2. Gentoftegade 76, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark. E-mail: jmobranch@gmail.com (Mossin)
  • 3. Section of Marine Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. *Correspondence: E-mail: jthoeg@bio.ku.dk (HØeg). Phone: +45 28 75 12 47

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Plotnikov, Igor S., Aladin, Nikolai V., Zhakova, Lubov V., Mossin, Jens, Høeg, Jens T. (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 (19): 1-38, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-19, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12828639

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