AGE, GROWTH, GONADOSOMATIC INDEX AND DIET COMPOSITION OF CRIMEAN BARBEL, BARBUS TAURICUS (ACTINOPTERYGII: CYPRINIFORMES: CYPRINIDAE), IN A SMALL STREAM IN NE TURKEY

Background.Crimean barbel, Barbus tauricus Kessler, 1877, is a riverine cyprinid fish commonly found in well-oxygenated streams with gravel bottom in the Black and Azov Sea basins.Its population has plummeted in the Salgir, Chornaya, and Alma rivers (Crimea) and hence this fish has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.The knowledge about

The dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) are large, intermediate to small size, having different colours and variable morphological characters.They also carry ornamental and environmental indicator values.The first recorded, the collection of 318 dragonflies was made during May-July 2011 from district Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Among them

Information on the world distribution of E.taeniops and a distributional map of the species in the New World is presented based on available literature, specimens collected in the present licorice caramel creams study, and citizen science reports.A morphological diagnosis and background on the biology of royal nomadic 5413 rug the species are provi

ABSTRACT Background: The rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among the total of S.aureus isolates decreased to 35.3% in 2017 in China.It is unclear whether the molecular characteristics of S.aureus isolates have changed as the rate decreased.Objective: This study aimed to investigate the molecular characteristics and virulenc

The article is dedicated to major findings of Russian scholars on a broad range of topics in the field of British studies.The works selected are mainly focused on the analysis of political, security and socio-economic models of development and trends in the UK from 1991 to 2021.The topics, which were most elaborated in the 1990s, related to the phe