INSTM Bulletin : Marine and Freshwater Sciences

About the Bulletin

The INSTM Bulletin: Marine and Freshwater Sciences is an annual Bulletin successor of the INSTOP Bulletin and the SOS Bulletin created in 1924. It is a peer-reviewed open access journal which publishes original papers related to Marine and Freshwater Sciences research including various fields such as Oceanography, Biology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Geology, Pollution, Toxicology, Fishery, Seafood and Aquaculture.

The key criteria are that the work clearly demonstrates its novelty, its importance to a particular field as well as its interest to the wide scientific community. Reviews on current topics are welcome. Selected papers or extended abstracts from symposia or workshops may also be considered. Short notes about new records of marine species are accepted.

The current Bulletin’s archive contains several hundred articles covered in Google Scholar and indexed and abstracted in the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) database. See More

Announcements

From Behaviour to Tissue Damage: Clam Responses to Fungicide Exposure. Authors: Aya Aouni, Noureddine Khalloufi & Mustapha Bejaoui

2026-09-22

Researchers exposed the clam Ruditapes decussatus - a species widespread across Mediterranean lagoon ecosystems - to a triazole fungicide commonly used in agriculture, at concentrations reflecting real environmental contamination. Over 7 days, they assessed the clams' filtration behavior, oxidative and neurotoxic stress, and tissue integrity, measuring four biomarkers (CAT, GST, MDA, AChE) in the gills and digestive gland.

ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT _ Mapping Tunisia’s Marine Aquaculture from Space. Authors: Amel MZOUGHI & Mohamed Salah AZAZA

2026-09-09

Current Issue

Vol. 51 (2026)

Issue in Progress

Published: 2026-02-17

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Nutritional and Biochemical Quality of Fresh and Cold-Smoked Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) Fillets during Refrigerated Storage

Olfa BOUZGARROU, Saloua SADOK

1-13
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1776
Physicochemical Factors Influencing Blooms of the non-toxic HABs species Chaetoceros spp. and Neoceratium lineatum in the Bizerte Lagoon (SW Mediterranean)

Sondes MELLITI BEN GARALI, Kaouther MEJRI KOSRI, Ines SAHRAOUI, Asma SAKKA HLAILI

14-32
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1781
Protective role of melatonin against allethrin-induced oxidative and histopathological alterations in the medicinal leech Hirudo troctina Johnson, 1816 (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudinida)

Ichrak KHALED, Raja BEN AHMED, Issam SAIDI

33-44
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1783
Behavioral, biochemical and histological responses of the clam Ruditapes decussatus to a triazole fungicide

Aya AOUNI, Noureddine KHALLOUFI, Mustapha BEJAOUI

45-57
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1786
Environmental factors influencing Cyanobacteria community structure in Sidi Salem reservoir (North of Tunisia)

Samira BEN ROMDHANE, Afef FATHALLI , Lassaad CHOUBA , Asma HAMZA

58-71
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1784
Lean Management and Regenerative Blue Economy The Mediating Role of Employee Creativity

Mohamed Amin BARDA , Souhir ABBES

72-94
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1749
Overview on the state of marine remarkable habitats and their biodiversity in front of tourism activities and other disturbances in Tunisia

Ahmed AFLI

95-110
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1743
Sea Surface-Visible Marine Aquaculture in Tunisia Mapping spatio-temporal distribution through satellite imagery and geospatial analysis (2004-2026)

Amel MZOUGHI , Mohamed Salah AZAZA

111-137
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1788

Note

First record of the invasive Rhodophyte Hypnea cornuta (Kützing) J. Agardh 1851, in the Northern Tunisian coast (Bizerte lagoon, West Mediterranean Sea)

Rafik BEN SAID

1-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v51.1777

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INSTM Bulletin is indexed and abstracted by:

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PIST.TN - Portail de l'Information Scientifique et Technique Tunisienne
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INSTM Bulletin : Marine and Freshwater Sciences

About the Bulletin

Announcements

From Behaviour to Tissue Damage: Clam Responses to Fungicide Exposure. Authors: Aya Aouni, Noureddine Khalloufi & Mustapha Bejaoui

ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT _ Mapping Tunisia’s Marine Aquaculture from Space. Authors: Amel MZOUGHI & Mohamed Salah AZAZA

Current Issue

Article

Nutritional and Biochemical Quality of Fresh and Cold-Smoked Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) Fillets during Refrigerated Storage

Physicochemical Factors Influencing Blooms of the non-toxic HABs species Chaetoceros spp. and Neoceratium lineatum in the Bizerte Lagoon (SW Mediterranean)

Protective role of melatonin against allethrin-induced oxidative and histopathological alterations in the medicinal leech Hirudo troctina Johnson, 1816 (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudinida)

Behavioral, biochemical and histological responses of the clam Ruditapes decussatus to a triazole fungicide

Environmental factors influencing Cyanobacteria community structure in Sidi Salem reservoir (North of Tunisia)

Lean Management and Regenerative Blue Economy The Mediating Role of Employee Creativity

Overview on the state of marine remarkable habitats and their biodiversity in front of tourism activities and other disturbances in Tunisia

Sea Surface-Visible Marine Aquaculture in Tunisia Mapping spatio-temporal distribution through satellite imagery and geospatial analysis (2004-2026)

Note

First record of the invasive Rhodophyte Hypnea cornuta (Kützing) J. Agardh 1851, in the Northern Tunisian coast (Bizerte lagoon, West Mediterranean Sea)

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