Zooplankton are a key group of organisms at the base of the marine food web and are
fundamental to providing a broad range of societal and economic benefits which have …

Several oceanographic surveys have been done in the Gulf of Gabes since the beginning of
the twentieth century. The aim of the study by the “Pourquoi Pas”? in 1923 was to investigate …

Natural purification of pollutants is highly recognized as regulating ecosystem services;
however, the purification capacity of tidal flats remains largely unknown and/or unquantified …

There is a large diversity of eukaryotic symbionts of copepods, dominated by epizootic
protists such as ciliates, and metazoan parasites. Eukaryotic endoparasites, copepod …

Zooplankton is an important bioindicator of ecosystem functioning. Knowledge of the
seasonal fluctuation in the zooplankton population in estuarine waters of the Indian …

Highlights•Coastal zone south of Sfax (Tunisia) is subject to intensive anthropogenic
pressures.•Macrofauna community is poorly diversified at shallowest stations undergoing to …

Copepods are excellent bioindicators of climate change and ecosystem pollution in
anthropized coastal waters. This work reviewed the results of previous studies examining …

Zooplankton is a vital biological indicator in estuarine ecosystems. In this study, the
Changjiang River Estuary (CRE) was investigated in the dry (March) and wet seasons (July) …

The implementation of cost-effective monitoring programs for zooplankton remains
challenging due to the requirements of taxonomical expertise and the high costs of sampling …

During this research, the average surface temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and pH
were 24.65±1.53 (C), 34.21±0.07 (PSU), 6.85±0.18 (mg/L), and 8.36±0.03, respectively …