Spatial distribution and diversity of commercial demersal fish species in the shelf waters of the Caspian Sea

Abstract

During the last century, the Caspian Sea (CS) ecosystem encountered several environmental and anthropogenic pressures such as sea water-level fluctuations, overfishing, pollution, and invasive species (Wesselingh et al., 2019). Several studies have shown that the anthropogenic and environmental pressures, such as fishing pressure and habitat modification drive decreased abundance of