Distribution of ciliates in relation to environmental factors along the coastline of the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-424

  Kchaou, Nouha ^a   Elloumi, Jannet ^a   Drira, Zaher ^a   Hamza, Asma ^b   Ayadi, Habib ^a   Bouain, Abderrahmen ^a   Aleya, Lotfi ^c  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

ciliates; dynamics; Gulf of Gabes; nearshore; Sabkha

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; COAST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SABKHA; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 67649577496     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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