Caspian Sea 2011

State of the Environment of the Caspian Sea

Fluctuations of the population of comb jelly ( Mnemiopsis leidyi ) in the Caspian Sea

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V

V

b a

b a

b a

Atyrau

Atyrau

Atyrau

o l g

o l g

o l g

m

m

m

E

E

E

a

a

a

Astrakhan

Astrakhan

Astrakhan

RUSSIA

RUSSIA

RUSSIA

KAZAKHSTAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KAZAKHSTAN

Aktau

Aktau

Aktau

Makhachkala

Makhachkala

Makhachkala

Derbent

Derbent

Derbent

AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN

Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi

Baku

Baku

Baku

Kura

Kura

Kura

k s

k s

k s

TURKMENISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

r a

r a

r a

A

A

A

k

k

k

a

a

a

r

r

r

t

t

t

A

A

A

Rasht

Rasht

Rasht

Gorgan

Gorgan

Gorgan

IRAN

IRAN

IRAN

2000

2001

2002

V

V

V

b a

b a

b a

Atyrau

Atyrau

Atyrau

o l g

o l g

o l g

m

m

m

E

E

E

a

a

a

Astrakhan

Astrakhan

Astrakhan

RUSSIA

RUSSIA

RUSSIA

KAZAKHSTAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KAZAKHSTAN

Aktau

Aktau

Aktau

Makhachkala

Makhachkala

Makhachkala

Derbent

Derbent

Derbent

AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN

Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi

Baku

Baku

Baku

Kura

Kura

Kura

k s

k s

k s

TURKMENISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

r a

r a

r a

A

A

A

k

k

k

a

a

a

r

r

r

t

t

t

A

A

A

Rasht

Rasht

Rasht

Gorgan

Gorgan

Gorgan

IRAN

IRAN

IRAN

2003

2004

2005

0

200 km

Population of species Number of species per cubic meter

No data

Sources: CEP, Monitoring study of Beroe ovata and Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Southern Caspian Summer-Autumn 2005, собственные данные Игоря Миторофанова

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