Piscifauna of the Bakhtemiк creek in the Volga-Caspian shipping channel region

Data on the species composition, abundance, growth and nutrition of juvenile fish in the water intake area located on the supply channel near Olya village of the Limanskiy District, Astrakhan Region are given. These studies precede the further development of solutions to optimize the operation of the water intake structure of the Limansk irrigation and watering system.

Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal (VCSC), fish productivity, water intake, creeks, ilmen, phytoplankton, zooplankton, zoobenthos, fish protection structures, midstream, spawning grounds, irrigation and watering system