Zooplankton distribution in four ponds of different salinity: A seasonal study in the solar salterns of Sfax (Tunisia)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 534, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Toumi, Néji ^a   Ayadi, Habib ^a   Abid, Olfa ^a   Carrias, Jean François ^b   Sime Ngando, Télesphore ^b   Boukhris, Mekki ^a   Bouain, Abderrahmen ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Artemia; Copepods; Mediterranean saltern; Tunisia; Zooplankton distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SALINE WATER; TEMPERATURE;

SALT CONCENTRATION; SPECIES; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTH AFRICA; SFAX; TUNISIA; WORLD;

ARTEMIA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; FABREA; ROTIFERA; SALINA;

EID: 17644385930     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-9356-0     Document Type: Article

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