How Can Researchers and Managers Better Collaborate on Lake Urmia Restoration?

Authors

David E. Rosenberg, Utah State UniversityFollow
Masoud Parsinejad, University of Tehran
Somayeh Sima, Tarbiat Modares University
Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Utah State UniversityFollow
Sarah Null, Utah State UniversityFollow
Armin Sorooshian, University of Arizona
Omid Raja, University of Tehran
Yusef Alizade Govarchin Ghale, Istanbul Technical University
Bahram Khazaei, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Saeed Morid, Tarbiat Modares University

Document Type

Article

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

11-2020

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Abstract

The large decline in Lake Urmia's level since 1995 has prompted a correspondingly large increase in research to help inform lake restoration. Here we synthesize results from 451 English-language articles (Figure 1) to answer four lake restoration questions of interest to the public and lake managers. We ask: 1) What lake restoration levels were considered besides the ecological level of 1274.1 m? 2) How has the causeway affected lake conditions? 3) Do we know enough about lake limnology and ecology to facilitate recovery? And 4) what to learn from Great Salt Lake management? We seek to share these findings with Lake Urmia managers, solicit feedback, and identify next steps for restoration and collaborative work.

Comments

Pages 1-3 are in Farsi.

Page 4-6 are in English.

Recommended Citation

Rosenberg, David E., et al. "How Can Researchers and Managers Better Collaborate on Lake Urmia Restoration?" Workshop primer, 2020, pp. 1-6.