Purpose. To investigate the current state of nearshore fish communities and peculiarities aquatic plants zoobenthos distribution in Vita River mouth Dnipro channels. Methodology. The study was carried out summer autumn 2022 at 4 sampling sites 3 straits Zhukov Island area. Fishes were caught by a beach seine (6 m length, 1.5 height, сm mesh size). Two to three hauls made every site depending on...

In this study, the long-term (i.e., over a 27-year period) dynamics of 137Cs content are presented for seven species fish in both cooling pond (CP) Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Kaniv Reservoir (KR). The decline specific activity exhibits various patterns. For certain years KR, belonging to different ecological groups experienced an increase rather than decrease levels 137Cs. From 2012 2014...

fish including; barbus spp, cyprinus carpio, liza abu and aspius vorax have very important role in the economic condition of the rural areas of khuzestan province. these fish have been consumed as fried or roasted. inadequately cooked fish, could be served as a source of infection in these communities. for this reasons, 701 fish were trapped from 4 lagoons (atash, sobhanieh, al-hai, houfel) and...

The tropical intertidal hermit crabs Clibanarius taeniatus and Clibanarius virescens were examined for differences in survival and physiological responses in low salinity. We found that C. taeniatus survived better in dilute seawater than C. virescens and that these species did not differ in their abilities to regulate haemolymph osmolarity, ionic concentration of the haemolymph or body fluid v...

The effects of sewage effluent on the abundance, condition (length and reproduction) and mortality of hulafish Trachinops taeniatus were investigated at multiple outfall and control locations on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia. Underwater visual surveys found consistently fewer T. taeniatus at locations where sewage was discharged compared to control locations. The condition of ...