although the persian sturgeon, acipenser persicus , is a commercially valuable sturgeon species of the caspian sea, but there are only few reports about its parasite fauna in the southern part of the caspian sea. in this study, a total of 209 individuals of persian sturgeon were collected from two regions in the southwestern of caspian sea (guilan province, iran) from march 2009 to may 2011. af...

Caspian Sea with an average depth of 27m is the largest enclosed water body in the world. Despite its enormity and valuable biotic and economic resources, investigations on the biota and seawater properties are mosaic at best. In previous studies, the monitoring of the chlorophyll-a concentrations in the Southern Caspian Sea was organized based on satellite data sets however, vertical dis...

The article analyzes the pragmatic and textological traditions of ritual for “neutralizing evil words” in tantric folk forms Kalmykia. popularity past present justifies focus on this aspect. study aims to analyze structure content texts used performing practicing its popular forms. It employs comparative-historical methods based principles historicism objectivity. is a traditional practice that...

The historical distribution of the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus extended from Africa through the Arabian Peninsula into Iran and Afghanistan. From there, the range continued eastwards to Pakistan and India, and northeast through Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (Nowell & Jackson 1996). During the Middle Ages, cheetahs also occurred to the west of the Caspian Sea, in Transcaucas...

the caspian sea region, because of the proximity of two permanent powers - russia and iran- and the emergence of newly independent republics, is one of the most dynamic places in the world. in addition, the continuity of interests of other global actors, including the united states and europe, with the coastal countries has added to the complexity and dynamics. in this regard, the region energy...

Introduction: Analyzing the health risk associated with the microbial contamination of seawater is necessary to ensure that there is not any threat to human or environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbiological quality of Caspian sea water using indicator bacteria. Some Physicochemical parameters were studied to assed their association with the contamination level of Caspian...