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Laboratory of Algology and Lichenobriology
Phone (+994 12) 502 49 34
Fax (+99412) 971-99-45
E-mail shakar.mukhtarova@mail.ru
Chief  Mukhtarova Sheker Jalal gizi

PhD in biology, assistant professor

Total number of employees 7
Basic activity directions   Based on the obtained results, the herbarium and alcohol stock will be further enriched with new species in the marine, aquatic, terrestrial ecosystems of Azerbaijan, in the identification of distribution routes, in the inventory of algal and lichenobriological species.
Main scientific achievements 

428 species of algae were found in the continental waters of Azerbaijan, 99 species for the Caucasus and for the first time 245 species for Azerbaijan.

For the first time 37 new species of blue-green algae in the Caspian Sea.

For the first time 30 taxa for the lichenoflora of Azerbaijan and 10 for the Caucasus were found.

For the first time 126 species of deciduous mosses were listed in the Goy-Gol State Reserve.