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During the last five decades the Aral Sea has been undergoing dramatic changes. Because of river runoff cessation and subsequent decrease in water body volume, mineralisation in the western Large Aral increased from 10 ppt in 1960 to 116 ppt in 2008. Concurrently, crucial changes have been occurring in the Aral ecosystem manifested by the disappearance of most native species and a significant decline...