ECOLOGICAL AND ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY ОF THE CASPIAN SEA

Abstract

For the first time given the ecological and zoogeographical assessment of biological diversity of the Caspian sea, which allow to predict the processes occurring in bottom ecosystems, and to assess the possible consequences, caused by both natural factors and human activities.

Keywords

• autochthonous species
• the ponto-caspian basin
• oligochaetes
• gammarids
• polychaetes