Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages): Part I: introduction: 3. Major environmental problems in world lakes: Acknowledgements

Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages)

Part I: introduction

3. Major environmental problems in world lakes

		(introduction...)
		Declining water levels
		Rapid siltation
		Acidification
		The progress of eutrophication
		Contamination with man-made toxics
		The collapse of aquatic ecosystems
		Acknowledgements
		References

Acknowledgements

This paper originally appeared in Memorie dell'lstituto Italiano di Idrobiologia, 52: 1-7, 1993, and is reprinted with permission. The original text has been partially modified and/or abridged by the editors.