2024/12/30 by BOUFAHJA, Fehmi, HEDFI, A., BEYREM, H. +2
#Bizerte old harbor #Body growth #Bou Ghrara #Ghar El Melh #Meiobenthic nematodes #Pollution #Tunisia
paper · doi:10.71754/instm.bulletin.v34.690
Three disturbed tunisian ecosystems were prospected, Ghar El Melh lagoon (summer 1999), Bou Ghrara lagoon (winter 2000) and Bizerte old harbor (autumn 2001), to discover if pollution affect body growth of meiobenthic nematodes. Our results showed that sedimentary hydrocarbons and so organic carbon and zinc seem to influence negatively the breadthwise body growth of the sediment-cunsommer nematodes.