Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 149–161
Noura HANIF1, Mohammed CHAIR2, and Mostapha CHBANI IDRISSI3
1 Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Nutrition Laboratory, Chouaib Doukkali University, Faculty of Science, El-Jadida, Morocco
2 Prospecting Laboratory of Marine Resources, APP/INRH project, National Institute of Fisheries Research, Casablanca, Morocco
3 Prospecting Laboratory of Marine Resources, APP/INRH project, National Institute of Fisheries Research, Casablanca, Morocco
Original language: English
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Macroalgae are a good element for assessing the ecological quality of coastal waters. As such, this indicator has been included in the strategy for monitoring coastal water masses. In view of results on this parameter during this first campaign determining the diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of marine algae in all stations concerned by the study, we were able to evaluate the health of the study area coast water mass. The algae distribution differs from one station to the other according to the season and according to human factors, to give a water mass at low quality.
Author Keywords: macroalgae, ecological quality, diversity, water mass.
Noura HANIF1, Mohammed CHAIR2, and Mostapha CHBANI IDRISSI3
1 Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Nutrition Laboratory, Chouaib Doukkali University, Faculty of Science, El-Jadida, Morocco
2 Prospecting Laboratory of Marine Resources, APP/INRH project, National Institute of Fisheries Research, Casablanca, Morocco
3 Prospecting Laboratory of Marine Resources, APP/INRH project, National Institute of Fisheries Research, Casablanca, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Macroalgae are a good element for assessing the ecological quality of coastal waters. As such, this indicator has been included in the strategy for monitoring coastal water masses. In view of results on this parameter during this first campaign determining the diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of marine algae in all stations concerned by the study, we were able to evaluate the health of the study area coast water mass. The algae distribution differs from one station to the other according to the season and according to human factors, to give a water mass at low quality.
Author Keywords: macroalgae, ecological quality, diversity, water mass.
How to Cite this Article
Noura HANIF, Mohammed CHAIR, and Mostapha CHBANI IDRISSI, “Use of marine algae in the quality evaluation of the El-Jadida area water mass,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 149–161, June 2014.
