Comparative Study of Mercury Accumulation in Two Fish Species, (Cyprinus carpio and Sander lucioperca) from Anzali and Gomishan Wetlands in the Southern Coast of the Caspian Sea

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 674-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tayebeh Tabatabaie ◽  
Mohammad Reza Ghomi ◽  
Fazel Amiri ◽  
Rasool Zamani-ahmadmahmoodi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Cyprinus Carpio ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Mercury Accumulation ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
Sander Lucioperca ◽  
The Caspian Sea

scholarly journals Helminth parasites of fish of the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea and associated drainage basin

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-251
Author(s):  
A. M. Abdybekova ◽  
A. A. Abdibayeva ◽  
N. N. Popov ◽  
A. A. Zhaksylykova ◽  
B. I. Barbol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Cyprinus Carpio ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Rutilus Rutilus ◽  
Condition Index ◽  
Infected Fish ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Liza Aurata

SummaryThe northern section of the Caspian Sea is an important fishery for Kazakhstan. In the present study, a total of 606 individuals of 13 fish species were collected. For each of Abramis brama, Alosa saposchnikowii, Atherina boyeri caspia, Carassius auratus, Clupeonella cultriventris, Cyprinus carpio, Liza aurata, Leuciscus aspius, Rutilus rutilus caspius, Sander lucioperca, Sander marinus, and Sander volgensis 50 individuals were examined whilst 6 individuals of Siluris glanis were examined. The nematode parasite Anisakis schupakovi was found in all fish species except Liza aurata, Carassius aurata, Cyprinus carpio and Rutilus rutilus at intensities ranging from 1 to 1197 parasites per infected fish. Trematodes of family Diplostomidae were also isolated from all fish except Alosa saposhnikowii, Clupeonella cultriventris and Sander marinus at intensities ranging from 1 to 242 parasites per infected fish. Other parasites found included the nematodes Porrocaecum reticulatum, Contracecum sp, Camallanus sp and Eustrongylus excisus; the cestodes Neogryporhynchus cheilancristrotus, Bothriocephalus opsariichthydis; the monogenean parasites Mazocraes alosa, Ancyrocephalus paradocus, Gyrodactylus spp, Ligophorus vanbenedenii and Dactylogyrus spp; and the crustacean parasites Ergasilus sp. and Synergasilus sp. In addition one unidentified species of nematode and a bivalve of the genus Unio was recovered from Rutilus rutilus caspius. There was no association between Fulton’s condition index and intensity of parasite infection.

THE NUMBER AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF FRY FISH IN SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS OF THE VOLGA IN THE SUMMER-AUTUMN PERIOD OF 2012

2017 ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Edward Vladimirovich Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
Autumn Period ◽  
Fish Juveniles ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics ◽  
Shallow Coastal Waters

Shallow coastal waters of the Volga river is a flooded feeding area for fish juveniles of nonmigratory fish species. There takes place annual downstream migration of fluvial anadromous fish species from spawning grounds of the Volga river to the Northern Caspian Sea. The most important factors determining the number and qualitative characteristics of fry fishes are the level of the Caspian Sea (currently having a tendency to the lowering), hydrological and thermal regimes of the Volga river. Researches were carried out in definite periods of time. In the summer-autumn period of 2012 fry fishes were presented by 19 species (13 of them were commercial species), which belonged to 9 families. The article gives data on all the commercial fish species. In the first decade of July the maximum number of fry fish was registered in the western part of the Volga outfall offshore - in box 247 (19.86 mln specimens/km2), in the eastern part - in box 142 (20.4 mln specimens/km2). The most populous were roach, red-eye, silver bream and bream; size-weight characteristics were better in the areas remoted from the Volga delta. In the third decade of July the quantitative indicators of fry fish on these areas decreased, size-weight characteristics greatly increased. In the second decade of October in the western part of the seaside there were registered increased pre-wintering concentrations of fish juveniles, their qualitative indicators increased, which is evidence to favorable feeding conditions in 2012.

Contamination of the Caspian Sea Southern coast sediments with microplastics: A marine environmental problem

2020 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 111620
Author(s):  
Mehdi Ghayebzadeh ◽  
Hassan Aslani ◽  
Hassan Taghipour ◽  
Saeid Mousavi
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Environmental Problem ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Marine Environmental

scholarly journals The effects of stock enhancement of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) in Iranian coastal waters of the Caspian Sea

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 973-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahram Abdolmalaki ◽  
Iwona Psuty
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Stock Enhancement ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Predatory Fish ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Sander Lucioperca ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Artificial Culture ◽  
Abundant Population

Abstract Abdolmalaki, S., and Psuty, I. 2007. The effects of stock enhancement of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) in Iranian coastal waters of the Caspian Sea. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 973–980. Annual landings of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) in Iranian coastal waters of the Caspian Sea in the early years of its exploitation, the late 1920s and early 1930s, reached some 3000 t. However, after 1935, catches declined drastically through overfishing, declining sea level, and the destruction of spawning grounds in the Anzali Lagoon. In 1990, Iran initiated a programme of artificial culture to enhance the local stock. The aim of the programme was and still is to restore the formerly abundant population of this predatory fish and to increase the profitability of the beach-seine fisheries of fishers who had stopped deploying gillnets, which pose a threat to the valuable species of sturgeon in the Caspian. Analysis of the age composition of pikeperch catches indicates that the use of beach-seines does not prevent overfishing of young pikeperch released as fingerlings in the same calendar year in which the fishing season started. No undersized fish are discarded back into the sea, because there is market demand for even the smallest fish, and a lack of communication exists between the programme beneficiaries and the management and research units. Some 15 years after it was initiated, the effectiveness of stock enhancement at a level of 4–6million fry per year remains uncertain.

PCR–RFLP analysis of mitochondrial DNA for identification of Rutilus rutilus caspicus populations on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, Iran

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 1463-1467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohrab Rezvani ◽  
Amin Eimanifar ◽  
Reza Aghili ◽  
Faramarz Laloei
Keyword(s):  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Rflp Analysis ◽  
Restriction Enzymes ◽  
Rutilus Rutilus ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Length Polymorphisms ◽  
Pcr Rflp ◽  
Nucleotide Divergence ◽  
Genetic Pools

Genetic analysis using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of cytochrome b in mtDNA was made to clarify genetic variations among two Iranian Rutilus rutilus caspicus populations of commercial importance from the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Polymorphism was detected using six restriction enzymes and a total of six composite haplotypes were identified. Four haplotypes were rare occurring only once in two regions (west and east of the southern Caspian Sea). Nucleotide and haplotype diversities were higher in the south-west region of the Caspian Sea (π=3.43%, h=23.3).The nucleotide divergence between the two populations was low (0.064%). The test for heterogeneity of composite haplotype frequencies gave no significant outcome for all samples (χ2=0.137, P≤0.05). The results indicate that significant attention should be paid to the genetic characterization of R. rutilus caspicus populations for conservation of their genetic pools and aquaculture policies at the coastlines of the Caspian Sea.

Landslide susceptibility assessment along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, Iran

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 2215-2232
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rasoul Setayeshirad ◽  
Mohammad Reza Nikudel ◽  
Ali Uromeihy
Keyword(s):  
Landslide Susceptibility ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Susceptibility Assessment ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Landslide Susceptibility Assessment

scholarly journals TO THE FAUNA OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS OF THE DAGESTAN COAST OF THE CASPIAN SEA

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina V. Khlopkova ◽  
Magomedzagid K. Guseynov ◽  
Kais M. Guseynov ◽  
Aysha Sh. Gasanova
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Bivalve Mollusks ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
Main Food ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Individual

Aim. The aim is to study bivalve mollusks of the Dagestan zone of the Caspian Sea as the main feed for all the fish fauna in modern conditions. Material and methods. For the study, are used the materials received in the period of spring-autumn 2015-2017. The collection of material and data processing was carried out according to traditional methods. For the study of nutrition, 30 specimens of each fish species were opened. Such feeding characteristics as the composition of food and the ratio of feed components are given. In the study of shells of bivalve mollusks, the following morphological parameters were measured: length (L), height (H), convexity (Con.), in accordance with the most common measurement technique. Were calculated the allometric coefficients for each year of the life of the individual: the coefficient of elongation (the ratio of height to length), the convexity coefficient (the ratio of convexity to the height). Results. At all periods of the level regime, mollusks are the main food resource of the Caspian Sea. At present they form the basis of the food bolus of the investigated commercial fish species. In June 2017, 25 km north of the city of Makhachkala, after a storm, we found 109 shells of Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774) (a new invasive atypical species for the investigated aquatorium), the third part of which still had the remains of the ligament. The species was the third most abundant and represented by specimens of all age stages. Conclusions. At present, there are fluctuations in the biomass of the autocolonizers Cerastoderma lamarcki (Reeve), Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin) and Abra ovata (Philippi), as well as a significant reduction in the range of autochthonous Caspian species, mainly Didacna Eichw. Bivalve mollusks are the main food resource of the Caspian Sea. In conditions of increasing anthropogenic load, further detailed studies of the Caspian's malacofauna are needed.

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