@article {50494,
	title = {Macroinvertebrate functional trait responses to environmental gradients and anthropogenic disturbance in arid-land streams of North Africa},
	journal = {Journal of Arid Environments},
	volume = {195},
	year = {2021},
	abstract = {We analyzed the influence of land use and water physical-chemical characteristics on the trait composition of benthic\&nbsp;macroinvertebrates\&nbsp;in arid-land streams of North-East Algeria. Macroinvertebrates were sampled in the\&nbsp;spring season\&nbsp;of 2015, 2017 and 2018\&nbsp;at 36 sampling sites distributed along 5 streams of the Belezma\&nbsp;biosphere reserve. Samples were taken from the various substratum types using a Surber net. Most of the variability of the trait-environment relationship was explained by increasing temperature and conductivity along the downstream gradient. Whilst agriculture at higher elevations did not have a great influence on the functional trait composition of macroinvertebrate communities, agriculture and urbanization at lower elevations generated significant deviations from predictable functional structures. Owing to the natural downstream decrease in community diversity in streams of the study region, entire taxa and/or functional groups were more likely to be wiped out in response to anthropogenic perturbations at lower elevations. Despite human activities, climate-related variables in arid lands play a major role on\&nbsp;hydrological regimes\&nbsp;that effect instream habitats, water chemistry, and macroinvertebrate communities. Given the environmental constraints in arid-land streams of North Africa, even slight increases in anthropogenic pressure can have negative effects on the taxonomic and functional composition of macroinvertebrate communities.},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021},
	author = {I Benzina and A Si Bachir and F Santoul and R C{\'e}r{\'e}ghino}
}
@mastersthesis {38940,
	title = {Biodiversit{\'e} des macroinvert{\'e}br{\'e}s benthiques et {\'e}valuation multiparam{\'e}trique de la qualit{\'e} des cours d\&rsquo;eau dans la r{\'e}serve de biosph{\`e}re du Belezma r{\'e}gion aride du Nord Est Alg{\'e}rien.},
	year = {2019},
	type = {PhD},
	url = {http://bib.univ-oeb.dz:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/9128},
	author = {Im{\`e}ne Benzina}
}
@article {38938,
	title = {How altitudinal gradient affects the diversity and composition of benthic insects in arid areas streams of northern East Algeria?},
	journal = {Biologia},
	volume = {75},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {567{\textendash}577},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-019-00326-8},
	author = {Im{\`e}ne Benzina and Abdelkrim Si Bachir and Cherif Ghazi and Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Santoul and R{\'e}gis C{\'e}r{\'e}ghino}
}
@article {38943,
	title = {Diversity, structure, and organization of the Ephemoroptera population in the water streams of the Belezma National Park (Batna\&ndash; northeast Algeria).},
	journal = {The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research},
	volume = {1},
	number = {01},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {A1-A27},
	author = {I Benzina and A SiBachir and C Ghazi and F Ghougali}
}
@article {38937,
	title = {Macroinvertebrate communities respond to anthropogenic pressure in arid-land streams of North East Algeria.},
	journal = {Vie et Milieu Life and environment},
	volume = {68},
	number = {4},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {271-280},
	author = {I Benzina and A SiBachir and M Saheb and F Santoul and R C{\'e}r{\'e}ghino}
}
@article {38936,
	title = {Diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates and streams quality in the national park of Belezma (Northern-East, Algeria)},
	journal = {International Journal of Health \& Life Sciences},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {1-18},
	url = { https://doi.org/10.20319/lijhls.2018.41.0118},
	author = {I Benzina and A SiBachir}
}
