Updated checklist and distribution of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata) in Tunisia

F Marrone, M Korn, F Stoch… - … –The Journal of …, 2016 - escholarship.org
Temporary ponds are the most peculiar and representative water bodies in the arid and
semi-arid regions of the world, where they often represent diversity hotspots that greatly …

Solar salterns and pollution: valorization of some endemic species as sentinels in ecotoxicology

W Guermazi, N Annabi-Trabelsi, G Belmonte… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Solar salterns and salt marshes are unique ecosystems with special physicochemical
features and characteristic biota. Currently, there are very few studies focused on the …

Assessment of heavy metals contamination and their potential toxicity in the surface sediments of Sfax Solar Saltern, Tunisia

M Bahloul, H Baati, R Amdouni, C Azri - Environmental earth sciences, 2018 - Springer
Concentrations of six heavy metals such as Fe, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cd have been examined
in 20 surface sediment samples from Sfax solar saltern in order to evaluate their …

Biochemical adaptation of phytoplankton to salinity and nutrient gradients in a coastal solar saltern, Tunisia

O Abid, A Sellami-Kammoun, H Ayadi, Z Drira… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The distribution of protein and carbohydrate concentrations of the particulate matter (size
fraction: 0.45–160μm) was studied, from 22 January 2003 to 02 December 2003, in three …

The concept of ecological succession applied to phytoplankton over four consecutive years in five ponds featuring a salinity gradient

H Khemakhem, J Elloumi, M Moussa, L Aleya… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The distribution of phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition coupled
with environmental factors and metazooplankton was studied relatively intensively and over …

Abundance and biomass of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms coupled with environmental factors in an arid multi-pond solar saltern (Sfax, Tunisia)

J Elloumi, W Guermazi, H Ayadi, A Bouain… - Journal of the Marine …, 2009 - cambridge.org
The distribution of abundance and biomass of prokaryotes, flagellates, ciliates and
phytoplankton, were studied in five ponds of increasing salinity in the Sfax solar saltern …

Permanent salt evaporation ponds in a semi-arid Mediterranean region as model systems to study primary production processes under hypersaline conditions

AD Asencio - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2013 - Elsevier
A change from planktonic to benthic primary production was observed along an increasing
salinity gradient in a permanent solar saltpan sequence (Las Salinas del Pinet) in a semi …

Strong and stable environmental structuring of the zooplankton communities in interconnected salt ponds

C Ladhar, E Tastard, N Casse, F Denis, H Ayadi - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
This study investigated assemblages of Copepoda and Artemia in saltern ponds and
determined the main environmental factors affecting them. Copepoda and Artemia were …

Microalgal cryo-preservation using dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO) coupled with two freezing protocols: Influence on the fatty acid profile

W Guermazi, A Sellami-Kammoun, J Elloumi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2010 - Elsevier
Procedures for determining the optimal pre-freezing protocol for cryo-preservation of
microalgae are discussed. Three algal species were used (Chlorella vulgaris, Isochrysis …

Energy transfers in a predator–prey context involving D. salina (microalga), F. salina (ciliate) and A. salina (crustacean), living in salterns of Sfax (Tunisia)

W Guermazi, K Athmouni, N Annabi-Trabelsi, J Elloumi… - Aquatic Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Dunaliella salina (microalgae), Fabrea salina (ciliate) and Artemia salina (crustacean) are
the most abundant halophile Eukaryote organisms present in solar salterns at Sfax (Tunisia) …