Abundance and biomass of the ciliate community during a spring cruise in the gulf of gabes (eastern mediterranean sea, Tunisia)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-305

  Hannach, Imen ^a   Drira, Zaher ^a   Belhassen, Malika ^b   Hamza, Asma ^b   Ayadi, Habib ^a   Bouain, Abderrahmen ^a   Aleya, Lotfi ^c,d  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

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

^c CNRS   (France)

^d université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Coast offshore gradient; Gulf of gabes; Physico chemical parameters; Tintinnids

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; RHABDONELLA; SPIROTRICHEA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 67650096786     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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