Interrelationships, origin and phylogenetic affinities of brown trout Salmo trutta populations from the southern Caspian Sea basin, Orumieh and Namak Lake basins in Iran were analysed from complete mtDNA control region sequences, 12 microsatellite loci and morphological characters. Among 129 specimens from six populations, seven haplotypes were observed. Based on mtDNA haplotype data, the Orumi...

although the persian sturgeon, acipenser persicus , is a commercially valuable sturgeon species of the caspian sea, but there are only few reports about its parasite fauna in the southern part of the caspian sea. in this study, a total of 209 individuals of persian sturgeon were collected from two regions in the southwestern of caspian sea (guilan province, iran) from march 2009 to may 2011. af...

remotely sensed imagery is proving to be a useful tool to estimate water depths in coastalzones. bathymetric algorithms attempt to isolate water attenuation and hence depth from other factors byusing different combinations of spectral bands. in this research, images of absolute bathymetry using twodifferent but related methods in a region in the southern caspian sea coasts has been produced. th...

abstract: when pesticides are present in high concentrations in the environment causing ‎irreparable, metabolic, physiologic and structural damage on the organisms. diazinon and ‎deltamethrin are of the most widely used agricultural pesticides in the northern iran that can ‎enter aquatic ecosystems. anatropous fishes like kutum have most reactions with pollutants ‎because of their spawning in t...

The gobies are non-commercial fishes in the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea for which population dynamics and stock status are poorly known. In this survey, we tried to define species diversity and catch per unit effort (CPUE) of Gobiidae by using beach seine nets in Salmanshahr, the southern Caspian Sea. From March 2011 to April 2012, 224 specimens representing 4 gobiid species, belonging to...

dust storms are destructive climate phenomenon which damage farm, installations,roads,traffic and etc indemnifiable. this phenomena at dry and pertaining regions of the country as environmental perils, is effected by particular atmospheric condition.if the origin and extention of this phenomenon be recognized the damages can be decreased or counteracted.the studied about dust storm show thirtee...

Extraction and transportation of oil in the Sea are one of the pollution sources in the Seawater. Caspian Sea contains about 100000 million barrels of oil. It also contains over 35000 millions cubic meter of flue gas. Daily extractions of crude oil and gas and transportation of them are the main pollution sources of the Caspian Sea. Many truck to carry goods and oil tankers to carry oil from po...