Nutrient loading and occurrence of potentially harmful phytoplankton species in the North Lake of Tunis (Tunisia)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-321

  Armi, Zina ^a,b,c   Turki, Souad ^b   Trabelsi, Elbahri ^c   Maiz, Naceur Ben ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^c Laboratoire d' Analyse des Eaux

Author keywords

North Lake of Tunis; Nutrients; Potentially harmful phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ALEXANDRIUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COOLIA MONOTIS; DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIS; DINOPHYSIS SACCULUS; GYRODINIUM; GYRODINIUM SPIRALE; PROROCENTRUM; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 58049193698     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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