10.18453/rosdok_id00001900 Beyraghdar Kashkooli, Omid Omid Beyraghdar Kashkooli http://d-nb.info/gnd/1106121740 Universität Rostock 2017 570 Life science 2017 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00001900 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2017-0064-8 This study aimed to achieve general postulations about the so far neglected exogenous climatic forces/environmental factors and their potential role in shaping dynamics of the key demersal species in the southern Caspian Sea. The quantitative analyses showed that the examined climatic/environmental forces are likely to gradually influence the dynamics of species. The shiftogram analyses revealed that the synchronous climate-/environment-driven shifts might have played a substantial role in shaping regional ecological dynamics, not only at species but also at community and ecosystem levels.