HYDROECOLOGY, NAS of ARMENIA INSTITUTE of HYDROECOLOGY and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SCIENTIFIC CENTRE for ZOOLOGY and HYDROECOLOGY, NAS of ARMENIA INSTITUTE of HYDROECOLOGY and ICHTHYOLOGY Marine Dallakyan PhD, Senior research scientist Minsk 2018

Biodiversity of Armenian fauna FAUNA Vertebrates (523) Invertebrates(17000) 10% 18% 72% Mammals Birds Reptiles

Endangered animals of Armenia INVERTEBRATES Phylum Class Order Family Species Arthropoda Insecta 7 34 139 Mollusca Gastropoda 3 8 16 Bivalvia 1 1 2 VERTEBRATES Phylum Class Order Family Species Chordata Osteichthyes 2 2 10 Chordata Amphibia 2 2 2 Chordata Reptilia 3 6 18 Chordata Aves 16 41 97 Chordata Mammals 5 16 28

Ecosystem of Lake Sevan

Endangered endemic fishes of Lake Sevan Sevan Trout Sevan Khramulya Sevan Barbel

Necessary steps towards the development of DNA barcoding in Armenia • Establishment of DNA barcoding laboratory in Armenia 1 • Collaboration at regional and global levels 2

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