A5016657920- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
University of Carthage
2015-2024
Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés
2024
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2024
Inserm
2014-2022
Université de Montpellier
2016-2022
Montpellier GenomiX
2021-2022
Weatherford College
2021
Taif University
2021
École Pratique des Hautes Études
2016
Mécanismes moléculaires dans les démences neurodégénératives
2016
The lagoon of El Bibane (Tunisia) is a Mediterranean coastal area that affected by an increasing human impact. Thus, estimation its biodiversity and ecological quality assessment are very urgent. This study investigates the meiofaunal nematode communities both from taxonomic functional point view. Nematodes were dominant group as common in brackish water systems. community was made up 62 genera 22 families. Xyalidae, Chromadoridae Cyatholaimidae richest most abundant composition nematodes...
An experiment was conducted using microcosms with connected sedimentary compartments to assess the effects of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on free-living marine nematodes from Bizerte Bay (northeastern Tunisia). Over 30 days, nematofauna were exposed four treatment sediments, including one chrysene (150 ppb), ppb) plus fluoranthene (75 and phenanthrene (15 an uncontaminated reference. Numerical qualitative community simplifications occurred in contaminated sediments relative...
A microcosm experiment was conducted to evaluate the impacts of fluoroquinolone antibiotic ciprofloxacin on meiobenthic taxa abundance, nematode genus structure, and functional trait parameters. Sediment samples were experimentally enriched with four different doses [D1 (50 ppm Dry weight 'DW'), D2 (100 DW), D3 (200 D4 (500 DW)] then compared non-enriched sediments (controls). After one month exposure, data showed that had altered meiofaunal abundance. change in structure nematofaunal genera...
A laboratory bioassay was performed to assess the ecotoxicity of ciprofloxacin on a meiobenthic nematodes community from Bizerte lagoon (NE Tunisia). Four doses [D1 (50 µg/g), D2 (100 D3 (200 and D4 (500 µg/g)] were applied substrate, responses studied after one month. Discernible differences observed between control assemblages those populating treated substrates. All univariate indices affected significantly compared in microcosm with increasing antibiotic concentration. The non-parametric...
Despite the ever-increasing role of pesticides in modern agriculture, their deleterious effects are still underexplored. Here we examine effect A6, a pesticide derived from naturally-occurring α-terthienyl, and structurally related to endocrine disrupting anilinopyrimidines, on living zebrafish larvae. We show that both A6 an anilinopyrimidine, cyprodinyl, decrease larval survival affect central neurons at micromolar concentrations. Focusing superficial easily observable sensory system,...
Increasing concentrations of the antidepressants amitriptyline and paroxetine were determined recently in marine habitats. However, their impact on biota is understudied, despite multiple undesirable effects they have environment. An important behavioral aspect that increasingly measured following exposure to contaminants migration fauna from contaminated areas. Hence, our aim was better understand pattern meiobenthic fauna, but with a main focus nematodes, both antidepressants, alone or...
A microcosm experiment was carried out to provide a deeper insight into the toxic mechanisms exerted by two lipid regulator agents, as well their interactions with polyvinyl chloride microplastic on marine meiofauna. Two concentrations of Atorvastatin “A” and Simvastatin “S”, (i.e., 0.6 mg.kg−1 6 mg.kg−1), single dosage microplastics “P” at 20 mg.kg−1, separately combined mixtures (“AP” “SP”) were used coastline dwelling meiofauna, main focus nematodes. The results showed significant...
The toxic effects of two commonly used glucocorticoids, the dexamethasone and prednisolone, on meiobenthic nematodes were assessed in a laboratory experiment for 30 days. Nine treatments employed, comprised single mixed concentrations prednisolone (i.e., 0.14 1.4 µg·L−1). exposure to both glucocorticoids showed significant abundance taxonomic diversity nematodes. Such changes mainly induced by decrease species Microlaimus honestus, considered be sensitive increase Enoplolaimus longicaudatus...