Publications

Sahraoui, I., Melliti Ben Garali, S., Chakroun, Z., Gonzalez, C., Pringault, O. and Sakka Hlaili, A., 2022. Monoculture and co-culture tests of the toxicity of four typical herbicides on growth, photosynthesis and oxidative stress responses of the marine diatoms Pseudo-nitzschia mannii and Chaetoceros decipiens. Ecotoxicology, pp.1-14.   DOI               

Zaghden, H., Barhoumi, B., Jlaiel, L., Guigue, C., Chouba, L., Touil, S., Sayadi, S. and Tedetti, M., 2022. Occurrence, origin and potential ecological risk of dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines in surface waters of the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean Sea). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 180, p.113737.  DOI

Kahla, O., Garali, S.M.B., Karray, F., Abdallah, M.B., Kallel, N., Mhiri, N., Zaghden, H., Barhoumi, B., Pringault, O., Quemeneur, M. and Tedetti, M., 2021. Efficiency of benthic diatom-associated bacteria in the removal of benzo (a) pyrene and fluoranthene. Science of the Total Environment, 751, p.141399. DOI

Pringault, O., Bouvy, M., Carre, C., Mejri, K., Bancon-Montigny, C., Gonzalez, C., Leboulanger, C., Hlaili, A.S. and Goni-Urriza, M., 2021. Chemical contamination alters the interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton. Chemosphere, 278, p.130457. DOI

Belkahia, N.M., Pagano, M., Chevalier, C., Devenon, J.L. and Yahia, M.N.D., 2021. Zooplankton abundance and community structure driven by tidal currents in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Boughrara, Tunisia, SW Mediterranean Sea). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 250, p.107101.DOI

M'Rabet, C., Yahia, O.K.D., Chomérat, N., Zentz, F., Bilien, G. and Pringault, O., 2021. Transient effect of bisphenol A (BPA) and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on the cosmopolitan marine diatom Chaetoceros decipiens-lorenzianus. Environmental Pollution, 285, p.117362.DOI

Ben Ali, R., Ben Ouada, S., Leboulanger, C., Ammar, J., Sayadi, S. and Ben Ouada, H., 2021. Bisphenol A removal by the Chlorophyta Picocystis sp.: Optimization and kinetic study. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 23(8), pp.818-828.DOI

Zayen, A., Sayadi, S., Chevalier, C., Boukthir, M., Ismail, S.B. and Tedetti, M., 2020. Microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Gabes, southern Mediterranean Sea: Distribution, composition and influence of hydrodynamics. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 242, p.106832.DOI

Barhoumi, B., Tedetti, M., Peris, A., Guigue, C., Aznar-Alemany, Ò., Touil, S., Driss, M.R. and Eljarrat, E., 2020. Halogenated flame retardants in atmospheric particles from a North African coastal city (Bizerte, Tunisia): Pollution characteristics and human exposure. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 11(4), pp.831-840.DOI

Barhoumi, B., Tedetti, M., Heimbürger-Boavida, L.E., Onrubia, J.A.T., Dufour, A., Doan, Q.T., Boutaleb, S., Touil, S. and Scippo, M.L., 2020. Chemical composition and in vitro aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated activity of atmospheric particulate matter at an urban, agricultural and industrial site in North Africa (Bizerte, Tunisia). Chemosphere, 258, p.127312.DOI

Djaoudi, K., Van Wambeke, F., Barani, A., Bhairy, N., Chevaillier, S., Desboeufs, K., Nunige, S., Labiadh, M., Henry des Tureaux, T., Lefèvre, D. and Nouara, A., 2020. Potential bioavailability of organic matter from atmospheric particles to marine heterotrophic bacteria. Biogeosciences, 17(24), pp.6271-6285.DOI

Djaoudi, K., Van Wambeke, F., Barani, A., Bhairy, N., Chevaillier, S., Lefèvre, A.N., Panagiotopoulos, C., Tedetti, M. and Pulido-Villena, E., 2020. Experimental evidence of the potential bioavailability for marine heterotrophic bacteria of aerosols organic matter. Biogeosciences Discussions, 2020, pp.1-24.DOI

Meddeb, M., Niquil, N., Grami, B., Mejri, K., Haraldsson, M., Chaalali, A., Pringault, O. and Hlaili, A.S., 2019. A new type of plankton food web functioning in coastal waters revealed by coupling Monte Carlo Markov chain linear inverse method and ecological network analysis. Ecological Indicators, 104, pp.67-85.DOI

Bancon-Montigny, C., Gonzalez, C., Delpoux, S., Avenzac, M., Spinelli, S., Mhadhbi, T., Mejri, K., Hlaili, A.S. and Pringault, O., 2019. Seasonal changes of chemical contamination in coastal waters during sediment resuspension. Chemosphere, 235, pp.651-661.DOI

Mhadhbi, T., Pringault, O., Nouri, H., Spinelli, S., Beyrem, H. and Gonzalez, C., 2019. Evaluating polar pesticide pollution with a combined approach: a survey of agricultural practices and POCIS passive samplers in a Tunisian lagoon watershed. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(1), pp.342-361.DOI

Gharbia, H.B., Laabir, M., Mhamed, A.B., Gueroun, S.K.M., Yahia, M.N.D., Nouri, H., M’rabet, C., Shili, A. and Yahia, O.K.D., 2019. Occurrence of epibenthic dinoflagellates in relation to biotic substrates and to environmental factors in Southern Mediterranean (Bizerte Bay and Lagoon, Tunisia): An emphasis on the harmful Ostreopsis spp., Prorocentrum lima and Coolia monotis. Harmful Algae, 90, p.101704.DOI

M’RABET, C., Yahia, O.K.D., Couet, D., Gueroun, S.K.M. and Pringault, O., 2019. Consequences of a contaminant mixture of bisphenol A (BPA) and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), two plastic-derived chemicals, on the diversity of coastal phytoplankton. Marine pollution bulletin, 138, pp.385-396.DOI

Chifflet, S., Tedetti, M., Zouch, H., Fourati, R., Zaghden, H., Elleuch, B., Quéméneur, M., Karray, F. and Sayadi, S., 2019. Dynamics of trace metals in a shallow coastal ecosystem: insights from the Gulf of Gabès (southern Mediterranean Sea). AIMS Environmental Science, 6(4), pp.277-297.DOI

Ouada, S.B., Ali, R.B., Cimetiere, N., Leboulanger, C., Ouada, H.B. and Sayadi, S., 2019. Biodegradation of diclofenac by two green microalgae: Picocystis sp. and Graesiella sp. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 186, p.109769.DOI

Chifflet, S., Quemeneur, M., Barani, A., Angeletti, B., Didry, M., Grégori, G. and Pradel, N., 2019. Impact of sterilization methods on dissolved trace metals concentrations in complex natural samples: optimization of UV irradiation. MethodsX, 6, pp.1133-1146.DOI

Carlotti, F., Tronczynski, J., Tedetti, M., Marc, P. and Garnier, C., 2019, October. Plankton as biological pump for contaminants in marine ecosystems: a trans-mediterranean approach (MERITE HIPPOCAMPE cruise, April-Mai 2019). In 42nd CIESM Congress.DOI

Barhoumi, B., Castro-Jiménez, J., Guigue, C., Goutx, M., Sempéré, R., Derouiche, A., Achour, A., Touil, S., Driss, M.R., Tedetti, M., 2018. "Levels and risk assessment of hydrocarbons and organochlorines in aerosols from a north African coastal city (Bizerte, Tunisia)." Environmental Pollution 240: 422-431.DOI

Ben Ouada, S., R. Ben Ali, C. Leboulanger, H. Ben Ouada and S. Sayadi (2018). "Effect of Bisphenol A on the extremophilic microalgal strain Picocystis sp. (Chlorophyta) and its high BPA removal ability." Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 158: 1-8.DOI

Ben Ouada, S., R. Ben Ali, C. Leboulanger, H. Zaghden, S. Choura, H. Ben Ouada and S. Sayadi (2018). "Effect and removal of bisphenol A by two extremophilic microalgal strains (Chlorophyta)." Journal of Applied Phycology. DOI: 10.1007/s10811-017-1386-x.DOI

Couet, D., O. Pringault, C. Bancon-Montigny, N. Briant, F. E. Poulichet, S. Delpoux, O. K. D. Yahia, B. Hela, M. Charaf, F. Herve, G. Rovillon, Z. Amzil and M. Laabir (2018). "Effects of copper and butyltin compounds on the growth, photosynthetic activity and toxin production of two HAB dinoflagellates: The planktonic Alexandrium catenella and the benthic Ostreopsis cf. ovata." Aquatic Toxicology 196: 154-167.DOI

Drira, Z., Kmiha-Megdiche, S., Sahnoun, H., Pagano, M., Tedetti, M., Ayadi, H., 2018. "Water quality affects the structure of copepod assemblages in the Sfax Southern coast (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean Sea)." Marine and Freshwater Research 69(2): 220-231.DOI

Fadhlaoui, K., W. Ben Hania, F. Armougom, M. Bartoli, M. L. Fardeau, G. Erauso, G. Brasseur, C. Aubert, M. Hamdi, C. Brochier-Armanet, A. Dolla and B. Ollivier (2018). "Obligate sugar oxidation in Mesotoga spp., phylum Thermotogae, in the presence of either elemental sulfur or hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducers as electron acceptor." Environmental Microbiology 20(1): 281-292.DOI

Fourati, R., M. Tedetti, C. Guigue, M. Goutx, H. Zaghden, S. Sayadi and B. Elleuch (2018). "Natural and anthropogenic particulate-bound aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface waters of the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia, southern Mediterranean Sea)." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25(3): 2476-2494.DOI

Fourati, R., Tedetti, M., Guigue, C., Goutx, M., Garcia, N., Zaghden, H., Sayadi, S., Elleuch, B., 2018. "Sources and spatial distribution of dissolved aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface coastal waters from the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean Sea)." Progress in Oceanography 163: 232-247.DOI

Goni-Urriza M, Moussard H, Lafabrie H, Carré C, Bouvy M, Sakka Hlaili A, Pringault O (2018) Consequences of contamination on the interactions between phytoplankton and bacterioplankton. Chemosphere 195:211-222. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.053.DOI

Meddeb, M., B. Grami, A. Chaalali, M. Haraldsson, N. Niquil, O. Pringault and A. S. Hlaili (2018). "Plankton food-web functioning in anthropogenically impacted coastal waters (SW Mediterranean Sea): An ecological network analysis." Progress in Oceanography 162: 66-82.DOI

M'Rabet, C., O. Pringault, H. Zmerli-Triki, H. Ben Gharbia, D. Couet and O. K. D. Yahia (2018). "Impact of two plastic-derived chemicals, the Bisphenol A and the di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate, exposure on the marine toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum." Marine Pollution Bulletin 126: 241-249.DOI

Salhi, N., H. Zmerli Triki, J. C. Molinero, M. Laabir, E. Sehli, A. Bellaaj-Zouari, N. Daly Yahia and O. Kefi-Daly Yahia (2018). "Seasonal variability of picophytoplankton under contrasting environments in northern Tunisian coasts, southwestern Mediterranean Sea." Marine Pollution Bulletin 129(2): 866-874.DOI

Souissi M, Laabidi R, Aissa P, Pringault O, Ben Said O, (2018) Influence of Bizerte city wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) on abundance and antibioresistance of culturable heterotrophic and fecal indicator bacteria of Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia) Ecotox and Environ Saf 148:201-210 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.10.002.DOI

Ben Othman, H., O. Pringault, H. Louati, A. S. Hlaili and C. Leboulanger (2017). "Impact of contaminated sediment elutriate on coastal phytoplankton community (Thau lagoon, Mediterranean Sea, France)." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 486: 1-12.DOI

Bejaoui B., Solidoro C., Harzallah A., Chevalier C., Chapelle A., Zaaboub N., Aleya L. (2017). 3D modeling of phytoplankton seasonal variation and nutrient budget in a southern Mediterranean Lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 114 (2), 962-976. ISSN 0025-326X.DOI

Castro-Jimenez, J., B. Barhoumi, A. Paluselli, M. Tedetti, B. Jimenez, J. Munoz-Arnanz, H. Wortham, M. R. Driss and R. Sempere (2017). "Occurrence, Loading, and Exposure of Atmospheric Particle-Bound POPs at the African and European Edges of the Western Mediterranean Sea." Environmental Science & Technology 51(22): 13180-13189.DOI

Drira, Z., Kmiha-Megdiche, S., Sahnoun, H., Tedetti, M., Pagano, M., Ayadi, H., 2017. "Copepod assemblages as a bioindicator of environmental quality in three coastal marine areas under contrasted anthropogenic inputs in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, sous presse, doi:10.1017/S0025315417001515.DOI

Hidouri, S., C. Ensibi, A. Landoulsi and M. N. Daly Yahia-Yahia (2017). "Effects of Chronic Exposure to Silver Nanoparticles on Ruditapes decussatus Gills Using Biochemical Markers." Water Air and Soil Pollution 228(2).DOI

Kharrat, H., F. Karray, M. Bartoli, W. Ben Hnia, N. Mhiri, M. L. Fardeau, F. Bennour, L. Kamoun, D. Alazard and S. Sayadi (2017). "Desulfobulbus aggregans sp nov., a Novel Sulfate Reducing Bacterium Isolated from Marine Sediment from the Gulf of Gabes." Current Microbiology 74(4): 449-454.DOI

Triki, H. Z., M. Laabir, C. Lafabrie, D. Malouche, C. Bancon-Montigny, C. Gonzalez, A. Deidun, O. Pringault and O. K. Daly Yahia-Yahia (2017). "Do the levels of industrial pollutants influence the distribution and abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in the recently-deposited sediment of a Mediterranean coastal ecosystem?" Science of the Total Environment 595: 380-392.DOI

Zaghden, H., M. Tedetti, S. Sayadi, M. M. Serbaji, B. Elleuch and A. Saliot (2017). "Origin and distribution of hydrocarbons and organic matter in the surficial sediments of the Sfax-Kerkennah channel (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean Sea)." Marine Pollution Bulletin 117(1-2): 414-428.DOI

Zouch, H., F. Karray, F. Armougom, S. Chifflet, A. Hirschler-Rea, H. Kharrat, L. Kamoun, W. Ben Hania, B. Ollivier, S. Sayadi and M. Quemeneur (2017). "Microbial Diversity in Sulfate-Reducing Marine Sediment Enrichment Cultures Associated with Anaerobic Biotransformation of Coastal Stockpiled Phosphogypsum (Sfax, Tunisia)." Frontiers in Microbiology 8.DOI

Abi-Khalil, C., C. Lopez-Joven, E. Abadie, V. Savar, Z. Amzil, M. Laabir and J. L. Rolland (2016). "Exposure to the Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Producer Alexandrium catenella Increases the Susceptibility of the Oyster Crassostrea gigas to Pathogenic Vibrios." Toxins 8(1).DOI

Ben Salem, F., O. Ben Said, P. Aissa, E. Mahmoudi, M. Monperrus, O. Grunberger and R. Duran (2016). "Pesticides in Ichkeul Lake-Bizerta Lagoon Watershed in Tunisia: use, occurrence, and effects on bacteria and free-living marine nematodes." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23(1): 36-48.DOI

Ben-Gharbia, H., O. K. D. Yahia, Z. Amzil, N. Chomerat, E. Abadie, E. Masseret, M. Sibat, H. Z. Triki, H. Nouri and M. Laabir (2016). "Toxicity and Growth Assessments of Three Thermophilic Benthic Dinoflagellates (Ostreopsis cf. ovata, Prorocentrum lima and Coolia monotis) Developing in the Southern Mediterranean Basin." Toxins 8(10).DOI

Drira, Z., S. Kmiha-Megdiche, H. Sahnoun, A. Hammami, N. Allouche, M. Tedetti and H. Ayadi (2016). "Assessment of anthropogenic inputs in the surface waters of the southern coastal area of Sfax during spring (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean Sea)." Marine Pollution Bulletin 104(1-2): 355-363.DOI

Pradel, N., J. L. Cayol, M. L. Fardeau, F. Karray, S. Sayadi, D. Alazard and B. Ollivier (2016). "Analysis of a population of magnetotactic bacteria of the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23(5): 4046-4053.DOI

Pringault, O., C. Lafabrie, M. Avezac, C. Bancon-Montigny, C. Carre, M. Chalghaf, S. Delpoux, A. Duvivier, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, C. Gonzalez, P. Got, C. Leboulanger, S. Spinelli, A. S. Hlaili and M. Bouvy (2016). "Consequences of contaminant mixture on the dynamics and functional diversity of bacterioplankton in a southwestern Mediterranean coastal ecosystem." Chemosphere 144: 1060-1073.DOI

Triki, H. Z., M. Laabir, P. Moeller, N. Chomerat and O. K. Daly Yahia-Yahia (2016). "First report of goniodomin A production by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax developing in southern Mediterranean (Bizerte Lagoon, Tunisia)." Toxicon 111: 91-99.DOI

Ben Hania, W., K. Fadhlaoui, C. Brochier-Armanet, C. Persillon, A. Postec, M. Hamdi, A. Dolla, B. Ollivier, M. L. Fardeau, J. Le Mer and G. Erauso (2015). "Draft genome sequence of Mesotoga strain PhosAC3, a mesophilic member of the bacterial order Thermotogales, isolated from a digestor treating phosphogypsum in Tunisia." Standards in Genomic Sciences 10: 7.DOI

Ben Lamine, Y., O. Pringault, M. Aissi, C. Ensibi, E. Mahmoudi, O. D. Y. Kefi and M. N. D. Yahia (2015). "Environmental controlling factors of copepod communities in the Gulf of Tunis (south western Mediterranean Sea)." Cahiers De Biologie Marine 56(3): 213-229.DOI

Ben Ltaief, T., Z. Drira, I. Hannachi, M. B. Hassen, A. Hamza, M. Pagano and H. Ayadi (2015). "What are the factors leading to the success of small planktonic copepods in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia?" Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 95(4): 747-761.DOI

Ben Said, O., H. Louati, A. Soltani, H. Preud'homme, C. Cravo-Laureau, P. Got, O. Pringault, P. Aissa and R. Duran (2015). "Changes of benthic bacteria and meiofauna assemblages during bio-treatments of anthracene-contaminated sediments from Bizerta lagoon (Tunisia)." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22(20): 15319-15331.DOI

Ensibi C., Pringault, O., Hannaoui W. and Daly Yahia M.N., 2015. Effects of cadmium exposure on reproduction and survival of the planktonic copepod Centropages ponticus. Journal of Marine Sciences Research and Development. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9910.1000159.DOI

Fadhlaoui, K., W. Ben Hania, A. Postec, G. Fauque, M. Hamdi, B. Ollivier and M. L. Fardeau (2015). "Fusibacter fontis sp nov., a sulfur-reducing, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a mesothermic Tunisian spring." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 65: 3501-3506.DOI

Fertouna-Bellakhal, M., A. Dhib, A. Fathalli, M. Bellakhal, N. Chomerat, E. Masseret, M. Laabir, S. Turki and L. Aleya (2015). "Alexandrium pacificum Litaker sp nov (Group IV): Resting cyst distribution and toxin profile of vegetative cells in Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean Sea)." Harmful Algae 48: 69-82.DOI

Louati, H., O. Ben Said, A. Soltani, C. Cravo-Laureau, R. Duran, P. Aissa, E. Mahmoudi and O. Pringault (2015). "Responses of a free-living benthic marine nematode community to bioremediation of a PAH mixture." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22(20): 15307-15318.DOI

Necibi, M., N. Mzoughi, M. N. D. Yahia and O. Pringault (2015). "Distributions of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyl in surface water from Bizerte Lagoon, Tunisia." Desalination and Water Treatment 56(10): 2663-2671.DOI

Pradel N, C. J., Fardeau ML, Karray F, Sayadi S, Alazard D, Ollivier B. (2015). "Analysis of a population of magnetotactic bacteria of the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia." Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 14.DOI

Triki, H. Z., M. Laabir and O. K. Daly Yahia-Yahia (2015). "Life History , Excystment Features, and Growth Chracteristics of the Mediterranean Harmful Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Pseudogonyaulax." Journal of Phycology 51(5): 980-989.DOI

Herzi, F., N. Jean, A. S. Hlaili and S. Mounier (2014). "Three-Dimensional (3-D) Fluorescence Spectroscopy Analysis of the Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter Released by the Marine Toxic Dinoflagellate  Alesandrium Catenella Exposed to Metal Stress by Zinc or lead." Journal of Phycology 50(4): 665-674.DOI

Hlaili, A. S., N. Niquil and L. Legendre (2014). "Planktonic food webs revisited: Reanalysis of results from the linear inverse approach." Progress in Oceanography 120: 216-229.DOI

Louati, H., O. Ben Said, A. Soltani, C. Cravo-Laureau, H. Preud'Homme, R. Duran, P. Aissa, E. Mahmoudi and O. Pringault (2014). "Impacts of bioremediation schemes for the mitigation of a low-dose anthracene contamination on free-living marine benthic nematodes." Ecotoxicology 23(2): 201-212.DOI

Louati, H., O. Ben Said, A. Soltani, P. Got, C. Cravo-Laureau, R. Duran, P. Aissa, O. Pringault and E. Mahmoudi (2014). "Biostimulation as an attractive technique to reduce phenanthrene toxicity for meiofauna and bacteria in lagoon sediment." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21(5): 3670-3679.DOI

Rolland, J. L., W. Medhioub, A. Vergnes, C. Abi-Khalil, V. Savar, E. Abadie, E. Masseret, Z. Amzil and M. Laabir (2014). "A Feedback Mechanism to Control Apoptosis Occurs in the Digestive Gland of the Oyster Crassostrea gigas Exposed to the Paralytic Shellfish Toxins Producer Alexandrium catenella." Marine Drugs 12(9): 5035-5054.DOI