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Restoring Lake Urmia: Moving beyond a Uniform Lake Level (2-page Summary)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Restoring Lake Urmia: Moving beyond a Uniform Lake Level (2-page Summary) |
| Creator | Sima, Somayeh Rosenberg, Dory Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A. Null, Sarah E. Kettenring, Karin M. |
| Description | More than 5 million people live near Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran, one of the world's largest hypersaline lakes. Over the past two decades, the lake has lost 95% of its volume, lake level has dropped more than 7 m, and lake restoration has gained widespread interest. The government seeks a uniform "ecological" target lake level of 1274.1 m above sea level to lower salinity below 240 gL-1 and recover brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) and flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus). We have synthesized over... |
| Date | 2020-07-01T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1105 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/wats_facpub/article/2127/viewcontent/WATSfacpub2020SimaRosenbergWurtsbaugh_RestoringLakeUrmia.pdf |
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| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | Utah State University |
| Subject | saline Lake Urmia Iran water management global climate change recreation birds Artemia economy agriculture irrigation hypersaline quality Civil and Environmental Engineering Life Sciences |
