Russian ( Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), Persian ( A. persicus) and Siberian ( A. baerii) sturgeons are closely related 'Ponto-Caspian' species. Investigation of their population structure is an important problem, the solution of which determines measures for conservation of these species. According to previous studies, 'baerii-like' mitotypes were found in the Caspian Sea among 35% of Russian stu...

genetic diversity is a key component of ecosystems. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the genetic diversity of iranian native honeybee colonies (apis mellifera meda l.) located in the northern region. colonies from 24 locations have been analyzed using microsatellite markers. samples were collected from caspian sea southern area (north of iran). six microsatellite markers (a28, a29, ...

traditionally, capoeta populations from the southern caspian sea basin have been considered as capoeta capoeta gracilis. study on the phylogenetic relationship of capoeta species using mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences show that capoeta population from the southern caspian sea basin is distinct species and receive well support (posterior probability of 100%). based on the tree topologie...

large amounts of degradable wastes including sewage water and agricultural waste or nutrients that stimulate growth of organic matter are discharged into the caspian sea. as a result, average dissolved oxygen concentration in deeper layers is decreasing. this paper presents distribution and seasonal variations of the concentration of dissolved oxygen over the southern shelf of the caspian sea a...

the southern coasts of caspian sea is subjected to synoptic/mesoscale weather systemsranging from locally enhanced sea breeze formation and small local front systems to synoptic scale cyclones.this study presents climatology of cyclones over the southern coasts of caspian sea covering a ten year period1996-2005. altogether 57 cyclones were formed during the ten year period. anoticeable seasonal...

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...

heavy metal accumulation in the aquatic ecosystems is a main concern which threats human health. in this study two commercial fish species, rutilus kutum and chelon aurata were selected for assessing heavy metal (cd, pb, zn) concentrations in gill and liver tissues at babolsar’s coast, the southern caspian sea, iran. babolsar is one of the important fishery stations in the southern caspian sea....

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...

The Ponto-Caspian mysid shrimp Hemimysis anomala was found in Ireland for the first time in April 2008. During 2009 it was found throughout most of the Shannon River Navigation (~250km) occurring in swarms at estimated densities of ~6 per litre in shallows and in lower densities at depths of ~20m where its distribution overlaps with the native Mysis salemaai. Broods were found from March to Sep...