Environmental influences on the qualitative and quantitative composition of phytoplankton and zooplankton in North African coastal lagoons

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-131

  Ramdani, M ^a   Elkhiati, N ^b   Flower, R J ^c   Thompson, J R ^c   Chouba, L ^d   Kraiem, M M ^d   Ayache, F ^e   Ahmed, M H ^f  

^a Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

^b HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^f Marine Science Dept   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Hydrology; Monitoring; Plankton; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MONITORING; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SEA LEVEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL LAGOONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; FREE-LIVING NEMATODES; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; GREEN ALGA; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CIRRIPEDIA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; GASTROPODA; MYSIDACEA; NEMATODA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 59449108185     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9678-4     Document Type: Article

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