Water Resources and Ecosystem Assessment in the Aral Sea Basin of Central Asia

Xi Chen1, Murat Zhurinov2, David Blank3, Abdusattor Saidov4, Murat Dzhumataev5, Wenjiang Liu6, Yaoming Li7 and Lanhai Li1, (1)Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China, (2)Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan, (3)Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyz, (4)Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, (5)The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyz, (6)xinjiang institute of ecology and geography,CAS, Urumqi, China, (7)Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ulumqi, China