The aim of this study was to analyze 16 trace elements (Al, As, B, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn) in different barbel (Barbus barbus) tissues and to detect the presence of genotoxic effects in erythrocytes with the alkaline comet assay. Barbel specimens were collected in the Danube river near Belgrade, Serbia, where the discharge of untreated communal and industrial was...

BACKGROUND Brominated flame retardants (BFRs)--polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)--belong to the group of relatively "new" environmental contaminants. The occurrence of these compounds in the Czech aquatic ecosystem was for the first time documented within the 3-year monitoring study initiated in 2001. In 2002-2003 HBCD and the major PBDE congeners (28, 47,...

أهملت الدولة العثمانیة منذ أواخر القرن السادس عشر إدارة بعض الولایات التابعة لها بسبب انشغالها بحروبها الخارجیة على الجبهتین الغربیة والشرقیة, وشکل ذلک عاملاً مهمًا فی انتشار أصناف عدیدة من العساکر غیر النظامیة وخاصة بلاد الشام, وکان السکبان أحد أهم المرتزقة التی ساعدت الفوضى وعدم الاستقرار السیاسی والأمنی وتشجیع الولاة والأُمراء الطموحین التمرد ضد خاصة وأنهم کانوا جزءا تمرد الجلالیَّة الذی اجتاح ال...

the native fishes of iran are imp ortant, since the stock of population are declining and the species of some fishes are in danger , because of industrialization, pollution, dryness, purposeful or accidental introduction of exotic species. the inland water species of iran are import ant, since they have not been yet completely identified. in order to conduct taxonomic revision and survey of pop...

This study was carried out to determine the fish fauna of Kuzgun Dam Lake dranaige. Eight (Barbus lacerta, Capoeta damascina, Alburnus sellal, Alburnoides velioglui, Squalius semae, Oxynoemacheilus araxensis, O. bergianus and Salmo euphrataeus) species belonging 4 families (Cyprinidae, Leuciscidae, Nemachelidae Salmonidae) were determined.