We hope this paper, aimed at children and teenagers, will be an interesting educational tool, providing some background information on marine mammal strandings and information on what to do/ not to do in case of finding a stranded animal. >> read more …
Preliminary studies of the mass mortality of Caspian seals showed that the animals were infected with avian influenza. At the same time, it is too early to conclude that it was the virus that caused the death, research is ongoing, – said Alimurad Gadzhiev, director of the Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development of DSU. … Lees verder
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Canadese wetenschappers hebben onrustwekkende hoeveelheden giftige stoffen gevonden in orka’s. Het gaat om stoffen die niet afbreken in de natuur en die gebruikt worden bij de productie van toiletpapier. >> lees verder …
The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) is an endangered species that only lives in the Caspian Sea. Little information is available on its exposure to contaminants, and no data exists for Southern sub-populations. From 2011 to 2016, tissues samples were collected from 20 Caspian seals. Based on these results, potentially adverse effects on the immune and … Lees verder
After reports of a mass mortality of seals in Dagestan, on the 8th and 9th of December, 2022, specialists from Biodiversity Conservation Service at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources RA inspected the coast in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea to identify the cause of the high mortality rate of seals. >> … Lees verder
Zo verdrietig zoveel dode bedreigde Kaspische zeehonden. Lijkt zoveel op de epidemie veroorzaakt door een virus in de Waddenzee. Er wordt hard gewerkt door de wetenschappers van Dagestan om de oorzaak te vinden. Zij krijgen hierbij de hulp van vissers en de beach patrol.
In Rusland zijn 2500 dode zeehonden aangetroffen langs de kust van de Kaspische Zee. Het is onduidelijk hoe de zeehonden zo massaal zijn doodgegaan, zeggen Russische autoriteiten. Waarschijnlijk zijn de dieren een natuurlijke dood gestorven. >> lees verder …
Between early January and late October 2022, the Khazarskiy State Nature Reserve, Turkmenbasi, Turkmenistan, organized several scientific expeditions in the Turkmenistan area of the Caspian Sea. One of the research objectives was to survey the Caspian seal in the Khazarskiy and Esenguliyskiy reserve sectors, and in the Ogurchinsky Sanctuary. >> read more …
