@article{fdi:010070179,
  title = {{D}o the levels of industrial pollutants influence the distribution and abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in the recently-deposited sediment of a {M}editerranean coastal ecosystem ?},
  author = {{T}riki, {H}. {Z}. and {L}aabir, {M}ohamed and {L}afabrie, {C}{\'e}line and {M}alouche, {D}. and {B}ancon-{M}ontigny, {C}. and {G}onzalez, {C}. and {D}eidun, {A}. and {P}ringault, {O}livier and {D}aly-{Y}ahia, {O}. {K}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e studied the relationships between sediment industrial pollutants concentrations, sediment characteristics and the dinoflagellate cyst abundance within a coastal lagoon by investigating a total of 55 sampling stations within the {B}izerte lagoon, a highly anthropized {M}editerranean ecosystem. {T}he sediment of {B}izerte lagoon is characterized by a high dinocyst abundance, reaching a maximum value of 2742 cysts.g(-1) of dry sediment. {T}he investigated cyst diversity was characterized by the presence of 22 dominant dinocyst morphotypes belonging to 11 genera. {T}wo dinoflagellate species dominated the assemblage: {A}lexandrium pseudogonyaulax and {P}rotoperidinium claudicans, representing 29 to 89% and 5 to 38% of the total cyst abundance, respectively, depending on the station. {S}even morphotypes belonging to potentially toxic species were detected, including {A}lexandrium minutum, {A}. pseudogonyaulax, {A}lexandrium catenella/tamarense species complex, {L}ingulodinium polyedrum, {G}onyaulax cf. spinifera complex, {P}rorocentrum micans and {P}rotoceratium reticulatum. {P}earson correlation values showed a positive correlation (alpha = 0.05) between cyst abundance and both water content and fine silt sediment content. {C}lustering revealed that the highest abundance of cysts corresponds to stations presenting the higher amounts of heavy metals. {T}he simultaneous autoregressive model ({SAM}) highlighted a significant correlation (alpha = 0.05) between cyst accumulation and two main factors: sediment water content and sediment content for several heavy metals, including {H}g, {C}d, {C}u, {N}i and {C}r. {T}hese results suggest that the degree of heavy metal pollution could influence cyst accumulation patterns.},
  keywords = {{D}inocyst assemblage ; {M}editerranean {B}izerte {L}agoon ; {S}patial distribution ; {T}oxic/noxious species ; {O}rganic/inorganic contaminants ; {I}nteraction ; pollutants/cysts ; {MEDITERRANEE} ; {BIZERTE} ; {TUNISIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience of the {T}otal {E}nvironment},
  volume = {595},
  numero = {},
  pages = {380--392},
  ISSN = {0048-9697},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.183},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070179},
}