the discharge data used for hydrological modeling should be the long-term suitable random data without trend and jump which is followed a specific statistical distribution. in this study, the above mentioned conditions were evaluated for 31 years period (1974-2004) of annual mean discharge data of 10 gauging stations of west azarbaijan province. for this purpose, the non-parametric spearman cor...

Munjughlu sanctuary zone with 5270 hectares in East Azarbaijan province is one of three sanctuary zones in the Marakan protected area.During 2008–2009, 236 taxa (23 subspecies, 22 varieties and one form) belonging to 166 genera and 38 families were collected and determined for this zone.Among them, 208 taxa are dicots and 28 are monocots. Family Compositae with 46 species and Cruciferae with 23...

trichogramma ingricum sorokina, 1984, an egg parasitoid, only known from russia (st. petersburg), here is newly recorded from northern iranian provinces including west and east azarbaijan and mazandaran. the localities and hosts are as follows: tabriz, on eggs of cydia pomonella (l.); urmia (chubtarash, najafabad-e gharebagh, tasmalu, ghulenji), on eggs of c. pomonella and lobesia botrana den &...

Goat warble fly infestation is a subcutaneous myiasis, presents in many European and Asian countries. Between September 2004 and June 2005, Goat warble infestation was investigated in the Urmia abattoir. The number of infested animals, their sex and age, the number of maggots present on each animal, location and larval stage of warble flies were recorded. Warbles were counted, measured and isol...

The objective of this study was to identify Acinetobacter in a traditional cheese from west Azarbaijan, Iran, and to study the lipolytic and proteolytic activities of these bacteria in ripening of white brine cheese. Acinetobacter is a gram negative bacteria which can be found in different sources as dairy products. Lypolysis and proteolysis characteristic of this bacteria and...