The purpose of the seminar was to improve the quality of hydrobiological and trophological research.
After the opening speech of the CEO K.B. Isbekov and the head of the laboratory Zh.O. Mazhibayeva with the report “Parasitofauna of commercial fish species of reservoirs of Western Kazakhstan” was made by the senior researcher of the West Kazakhstan branch N.A. Antipova, which examined in detail the main groups and representatives of parasitic organisms characteristic of the ichthyofauna of Kazakhstan. The attention of the audience was presented to a large amount of the author’s original photographic materials, which greatly facilitated the analysis of parasitic invertebrates in subsequent studies.
After the end of the general part of the seminar, the staff divided into two groups – zooplanktologists and zoobenthologists – to work out the specifics of the taxonomic definition of various groups of invertebrates and mathematical processing of the data obtained. Works in the group of zooplanktologists: taxonomic identification of groups of invertebrates, calculations were carried out under the guidance of Ph.D., leading researcher L.I. Sharapova. In the group of zoobentologists under the leadership of Ph.D., leading researcher of the Altai branch L.B. Kushnikova worked out the features of determining the oxeriophilic groups of macrozoobenthos (caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies). Under the leadership of the staff of the head office Zh.O. Mazhibaeva, L.A. Kovaleva, B.A. Kozhizhanova considered the features of work with other groups of invertebrates (crustaceans, dipterans, worms), in particular, with the main groups of representatives of the benthic fauna of the Middle Caspian Sea.
In the course of work on taxonomic identification, both bentologists and planktologists used the EX30 microscope with a camera-monitor, which makes it possible to significantly detail the image for a more accurate determination of organisms. Also, classes were held to deepen and develop the skills of processing materials on the analysis of the nutrition of predatory and non-predatory fish (Zh.O. Mazhibaeva, L.A. Kovaleva).
