It would seem that fewer mosquitoes and flies are only a plus. But in fact, this is a serious threat to ecosystems and even to you and me.
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March
News
Researchers have described a new species of copepod crustaceans from the order Cyclopoida (Copepoda). The species has a wide range in Central Siberia.
Five organizations have signed an agreement to work together to protect and study the Chukchi-California gray whales.
The Flint Eurasian Crane Working Group Newsletter is an annual publication that publishes information on the current state of crane populations.
The new issue of the journal "Problems of Ichthyology" is available for reading and downloading (Vol. 64, No. 6, 2024).
Based on the conducted analysis of the morphology and molecular analysis, researchers from the IEE RAS proposed a new classification of the genus Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818.
The aim of the study was to determine how the distribution boundaries and abundance of three species of predatory fish in this area changed over time.
During ichthyological research ichthyologists were quite surprised by some strange habits of Mongolian fish, which is of course connected with the specific conditions of the reservoirs they inhabit.
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February
Unique fish studied in the waters of the underwater Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain (northwestern Pacific)
Scientists have obtained the first data on the spatial distribution, size composition, age, sex structure, growth and maturation of a poorly studied deep-sea benthopelagic fish species – Coelorinchus gilberti.
A key feature of tailless amphibians (Amphibia: Anura) is their complex life cycle, in which the terrestrial adult form is separated from the aquatic larval stage by metamorphosis.
Blood-sucking flies of the genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) inhabit mainly the middle latitudes of the Old World. They are parasites of birds, especially birds of prey.
Hepatitis E diseases cause the death of more than 40,000 people annually. Both ungulates and rats can be reservoirs of this pathogen, which indicates the zoonotic potential of rodent hepeviruses.
Cladocera occupy an intermediate link in the trophic web between primary producers (algae) and consumers (planktivorous fish).
Over the course of three days, lectures and practical classes were held in the IEE RAS laboratories as part of the educational track "Marine Biodiversity: Methods and Directions of Study".
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February
Ornithologist Day!
We congratulate all researchers who study birds, as well as scientific volunteers and hobbyists!
An international team of scientists has revised the modern ichthyofauna of Tajikistan and analyzed the changes that have occurred over the past century.
On February 6, research fellow, DBS L. A. Limantseva and postgraduate students of the Laboratory of Phytoparasitology of the IEE RAS conducted an excursion for participants of the Competition of specialized classes.
Scientists have obtained for the first time data on a rare fish species - the Alaskan sculpin Triglops metopias (Cottidae) from the Russian waters of the Kuril Islands.