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Issue 96
GENERAL BIOLOGY
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ASSESSMENT OF THE SEAL NUMBER (PUSA CASPICA GMELIN, 1788) THROWN ON THE DAGHESTAN COAST OF THE CASPIAN SEA IN 2022-2024
A census of dead seals was conducted after three strandings on the coast of the Caspian Sea in December 2022, January 2023 and December 2024. It showed that the biggest number of dead seals was recorded in December 2022 when 2750 individuals were recorded in 22 coastal areas with a total length of 57 km, 227 individuals on 7 sites with a length of 19 km in December 2024, and the smallest number was in January 2023 when the number of dead seals thrown out was 100 individuals in 7 survey sites with a length of 21.5 km. The total number of seal deaths was estimated at 10172 ± 1310 individuals in December 2022, 283 ± 36.0 in January 2023, and 1343 ± 97 in December 2024.
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Date: 30.03.2025