@article {Boufahja:2007ud,
	title = {Morphometry, energetics and diversity of free-living nematodes from coasts of Bizerte lagoon (Tunisia): an ecological meaning},
	journal = {Cahiers De Biologie Marine},
	volume = {48},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {121-137},
	publisher = {CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE},
	address = {STATION BIOLOGIQUE PLACE GEORGES TEISSIER, 29680 ROSCOFF, FRANCE},
	abstract = {Analyses of water quality in the Bizerte lagoon showed their relative low oxygenation during September 2002 compared to December 2001. Sediment variables appeared directly dependent on the silt/clay distribution and sewage from the metallurgic factory "El Fouledh". Nematode abundances were negatively influenced by silt/clay, organic matter, metals and chlorophyll a content. The individual nematode body size was clearly related to the distribution of two dominant species, Terschellingia longicaudata (Linhomoeidae) and Paracomesoma dubium (Comesomatidae). Shannon-Wiener diversity index values were the lowest in the South-Western stations characterized by higher level of organic matter and a weaker effect of pollution, in "Baie des carrieres" and "Menzel Jemil" areas. The sediment metals were the key factors controlling the respiration rate of meiobenthic nematodes.},
	keywords = {Bizerte lagoon, body size, diversity, meiobenthic nematodes, respiration rates},
	author = {Boufahja, Fehmi and Beyrem, Hamouda and Essid, Naceur and Amorri, Jalila and Mahmoudi, Ezzeddine and Aissa, Patricia}
}
