Seasonal variability of planktonic copepods in Tunis North Lagoon (Tunisia, North Africa)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-333

  Annabi Trabelsi, Neila ^a   Daly Yahia, Mohamed Néjib ^b   Romdhane, Mohamed Salah ^c   Ben Maïz, Naceur ^d  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b University of Sciences   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^d Society of Tunis Lake Promotion   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Planktonic copepods; Seasonal variations; Tunis North Lagoon

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAGOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNIS [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

ACARTIA CLAUSII; ACARTIA LATISETOSA; CLAUSOCALANUS ARCUICORNIS; COPEPODA; CORYCAEUS SPECIOSUS; EUTERPINA ACUTIFRONS; LABIDOCERA BRUNESCENS; OITHONA NANA;

EID: 30644479957     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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