Composition and distribution of planktonic ciliates from ponds of different salinity in the solar saltwork of Sfax, Tunisia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 21-29

  Elloumi, Jannet ^a   Carrias, Jean François ^b   Ayadi, Habib ^a   Sime Ngando, Télesphore ^b   Boukhris, Mekki ^a   Bouaïn, Abderrahmen ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Halophile; Protozoa; Salinity gradient; Solar saltwork

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PROTOZOAN; SALINITY; SALTMARSH;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; SFAX [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; CILIOPHORA; FABREA SALINA; HETEROTRICHEA; MYXOZOA; OLIGOTRICHS; PROSTOMATIDA; PROTOZOA; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 32444437234     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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