Lake Issyk-Kul: Its Natural Environment

I. Physical and chemical characteristics.- Climate and physical properties of water in Lake Issyk-Kul.- Water chemistry and ecology of Lake Issyk-Kul.- Hydrobiology of Lake Issyk-Kul.- Water level variations and water balance of Lake Issyk-Kul.- Hydromineral resources of the Issyk-Kul region.- Groundwater in the Issyk-Kul region.- Currents and vertical water exchange in Lake Issyk-Kul.- Using transient conservative and environmental tracers to study water exchange in Lake Issyk-Kul.- Bathymetry and sedimentary environments of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic (Central Asia): a large, high-altitude, tectonic lake.- Recent paleoenvironmental evolution of Lake Issyk-Kul.- Active tectonics and seismic hazard of the Issyk-Kul basin in the Kyrgyz Tian-Shan.- The environmental risk resulting from gold mining.- II. Case studies in other regions.- Hydrochemistry of lakes in Tajikistan.- Zoobenthos and Zooplankton of the northern Aral Sea and possible ways of the sea ecosystem rehabilitation.- Evaluation of the damage to environmental state of the north-western Black Sea shelf ecosystems.- Does biomanipulation work for warm-temperate lakes? First case study in an eutrophic Turkish lake.- Computed mean monthly water balance of a larger lake: The case of Lake Tanganyika.- Radon studies for investigation of nuclear waste deposits and natural emissions.- III. Social and ethical aspects.- Philosophy of ecological ethics education, considering the Issyk-Kul lake remediation mechanisms.- Ecosystem management, environmental values and Lake Issyk-Kul.- List of Contributors.