Variability in the Structure of Planktonic Microalgae Assemblages in Water Column Associated with Posidonia oceanica (L.) Bed in Tunisia

Patterns of phytoplankton in areas with seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) and areas without seagrass were quantified in the coast of Chebba (East of Tunisia). Replicate samples were collected at August 2011, from four stations (separated by 500 of metres). The diversity of phytoplankton was high around...

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Main Authors: Lotfi Mabrouk, Asma Hamza, Med-Najmeddine Bradai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Marine Biology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/621238