Anchovies, salmon, sardines, gobies, mullets, flounder, bass, barbels, eels, shad, and even sharks—what do they have in common? Well, at certain points their lives you may find them estuaries, the final sections of rivers before meet ocean. Some fish live estuaries entire lives. However, some species prefer living freshwater parts others only close to ocean, a few spread throughout estuary. bot...

Research objective was to identify the specific features of distribution microelements (zink, manganese, lead, cadmium) in organs and tissues black-backed shad Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887) Dolginsky herring braschnikowii (Borodin, 1904) caught Caspian Sea. Accumulated fish concentrations exceeding maximum permissible limits, heavy metals pose a danger human health. Sampling carried out by stand...

the analysis of net catches made in absheron gulfs of the caspian sea during 2011-2012 is provided. the ichthyofauna of absheron gulfs, including 26 species found in the north gulf, and 33 species and subspecies found in the south gulf was studied for the first time. a taxonomical and ecological diversity of the fish fauna of north and south absheron gulfs is characterized. the peculiarities of...