DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES OF THE FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES IN THE PRECASPIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF DSC RAS
One of the most important problems of the Daghestan environmentalists, including the those working at the Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of DSC RAS, is the sustainable use of bio-resource potential of the region. The article discusses the main directions of the fundamental and applied researches conducted at the Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources on the study and rational use of the three large natural complexes of Daghestan - mountains, plain arid ecosystems and the Caspian sea.