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Urumia Lake: Hydro-Ecological Stabilization and Permanence

Author : Hossein Golabian

Published in: Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Urumia Lake (Fig. 1), an internationally important wetland, home of a unique brine shrimp species (Artemia Urmiana) and seasonal settlement for thousands of migrating birds is in great danger.

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Title: Urumia Lake: Hydro-Ecological Stabilization and Permanence
Author: Hossein Golabian
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-14778-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-14779-1

Copyright Year: 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14779-1_18

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