Structure of benthic macroinvertebrates and dynamics in the northern lagoon of Tunis

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1305-1318

  Tlig Zouari, S ^a   Mami, T ^a   Maamouri, F ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Lagoon of Tunis; Macroinvertebrates; Pollution; Sanitation works

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LAGOON; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SANITATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

TUNISIA;

ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIA; CEPHALOPODA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 74149086087     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000721     Document Type: Article

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