Biodiversity and distribution of groundwater fauna in the Oum-El-Bouaghi region (Northeast of Algeria)

Hichem Khammar (Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Department of Life Sciences and Nature, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Life Sciences and Nature, University of "Larbi Ben M'hidi", Oum El Bouaghi. 1st November 1954, Oum el Bouaghi 04000. Algeria)
HADJAB RAMZI (Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Department of Life Sciences and Nature, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Life Sciences and Nature, University of "Larbi Ben M'hidi", Oum El Bouaghi. 1st November 1954, Oum el Bouaghi 04000. Algeria)
MERZOUG DJEMOI (Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Department of Life Sciences and Nature, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Life Sciences and Nature, University of "Larbi Ben M'hidi", Oum El Bouaghi. 1st November 1954, Oum el Bouaghi 04000. Algeria)

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 20 No. 12 (2019)

Abstract. Hichem K, Ramzi H, Djemoi M. 2019. Biodiversity and distribution of groundwater fauna in the Oum-El-Bouaghi region (Northeast of Algeria). Biodiversitas 20: 3553-3558. This study concerns the aquatic fauna of wells and springs in north of the city of Oum El Bouaghi, in the western part of the Tamlouka plain, north-eastern Algeria. 16 wells and two springs were selected and a seasonal sampling of the aquatic fauna was carried out from September 2017 to May 2018, covering periods of high and low water. Two types of traps were used: the phreatobiological net and baited traps. The composition of fauna was found to be 26 taxa and 6617 individuals, dominated by Crustaceans 47% followed by insects and shellfish 23% for each. Only one stygoby species was collected mainly: Pseudoniphargus djemoi.