Marine Arabic

NAME ZINA ARMI

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PROFESIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Employer Name

and Adress

Institut National des Sciences et des Technologies de la Mer (INSTM) 28, Rue 2 Mars 1934 Salammbô 2025 Tunis, Tunisie.

Position Researcher, Assistant Professor

Main activities

and responsibilities

2014 - 2018

Active member of the Harmful algae monitoring program in coastal and shellfish production areas, focusing in studies dealing with the role of plankton in marine food chain processes in controlling primary production, effects of environmental parameters in phytoplankton structure and function, looking for tools on behalf of environmental management, providing essential information for sustainable exploitation of marine resources.

Conducting research and projects related to phytoplankton eco-toxicology field

(works include organization and conduction of cruises, samples collection, laboratory managing, data analysis and students supervision) in collaboration with the laboratory team and other national and international laboratories. DIPLOMAS

2012-2014

Post-doc: Harmful phytoplankton monitoring

HABs monitoring program in shellfish production areas. Laboratoire du Milieu Marin, Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM) (Tunisia)

2007-2011

PhD : Marine Biology / Phytoplancton Ecology

Study of the determinism of phytoplankton species associated to diarrheic and paralytic toxins production in the clams Ruditapes Decussatus in the north lake of Tunis

Laboratoire de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte / Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM) (Tunisia) 2005-2006

MS: Primary Production & Aquatic Ecosystems

Nutrient loading and occurrence of phytoplankton species in the North Lake of Tunis

Laboratoire de Production et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie (Tunisia)

PERSONAL

SKILLS

Languages

Arabic: Mother tongue

French: fluent

English: good

Computer skills

Microsoft Offices (Word, Excel, Power point)

Statistics & cartographic: Statistica, Primer (initiation) & Surfer. TRAININGS &

WORKSHOPS

Participation to more than 25 trainings and workshops, the most important are 2016

1- Participation to the course “Analyse numérique des données écologiques avec R”. Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, (December, 18 – 20). Tunis, Tunisia.

2- Participation to the workshop “School on Recent Advances in Analysis of Multivariate Ecological Data: Theory and Practice”. ICTP (Trieste),

(October, 24 – 28). Trieste, Italy.

2015

1- Participation to “11

th

Advanced Phytoplankton Course: Taxonomy and

Systematics. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli (SZN), (October, 03 – 24). Napoli, Italy.

2- Participation to the course « Bivalve Safety Management ». IAMZ

(Santiago de Compostela University), (September, 21 – 25). Spain. 2014

Participation to the workshop « Outils de Modélisation couplée Hydrodynamique_Bio-Géochimie des écosystèmes marins ». Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM), (December, 08

– 12). Tunisia.

2013

1- Participation to the course «High Frequency Observation of phytoplankton and Zooplankton». Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM), (November, 11 – 15). Tunisia.

2- Training in « Fluorescent in situ Hybridization: Application on planktonic organisms». INSTM, (April, 22 - 26). Tunisia.

3- Participation to the workshop “Taxonomy of Mediterranean Toxic Algae”. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli (SZN), (February, 04 - 08). Napoli, Italy.

2012

1- Organizing committee membre of the workshop «les lagunes de Thau et Bizerte entre pressions environnementales et gestion durable». INSTM, Tunisie / IRD, France. (May, 3 – 5). Bizerte, Tunisia. 2- Participation to the course “Methods in Microbial Ecology: Who does what?”

(November, 5 - 9). Stazione zoologica Anthon Dohrn di Napoli (SZN), Italy. 3- Training in the frame of the project “INCOMMET” (Improving National Capacities in Observation and Management of Marine Environment in Tunisia; FP7-INCO-2011-6, ERA-WIDE). INSTM, (May, 29 - 31). Tunisia. 2011

Participation to the course “Applying Molecular Biology to Micro-algal Identification”. Spanish Bank of Algae Marine Biotechnology Center & University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, (November, 7 - 11). Spain. 2010 1- Participation to the “2

nd

International Summer School: Mediterranean

Marine Ecosystems, Functioning and Evolution. Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) & Athens University, (July, 1 – 15). Greece. 2- Training in “Paralytic shellfish toxins analyses”. Faculty of chemistry & Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN), (May, 18 - 20). Vigo, Spain.

3- Participation to the course “Ecological modeling of aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton growth”. Laboratory of Ecology of Salento University,

(March, 22 - 27). Salento, Italy.

2009

1- Training in Diarrheic shellfish toxins analysis, microalgae culturing and Cytotoxicity tests (September, 15 – December, 15). Laboratoire de Toxicologie et d’Hygiène appliquée (Université Victor Segalen). Bordeaux, France.

2- Training in Taxonomy of recent dinophyceae (October, 26 – November, 5). Institute for polar and marine research, Germany.

3- Training in Paralytic, Diarrheic & Amnesic shellfish toxins extraction and analyses (June, 14 – July, 2). National Reference laboratory of biotoxins

(CRM), Italy.

4- Training course in Accreditations of Laboratories (Norm 17025). INSTM RESEARCH

PROJECTS

2018

International project: «Promoting the co-evolution of human activities and natural systems for the development of sustainable coastal and maritime tourism: CO-EVOLVE».

2016 - 2018

National project: « Modeling of the external inputs effects on the complex Bizerte lagoon and Ichkeul Lake: MODAPEX-Biz (Tunisia) ». 2013 – 2016

International project: «Monitoring and Mitigation of benthic dinoflagellates blooms across the Mediterranean Sea»

2012 – 2013

National project: « Study of the water quality of the Gulf of Tunis by characterizing the phytoplankton community structure and by studying the dinoflagellates cysts».

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

* Sassi F., Boukef I. & Armi Z. (2017). Etude de la distribution spatiale des populations bactériennes et prospection de la population phytoplanctonique dans le lac Ichkeul (Nord de la Tunisie). Projet de fin d’étude. Université de Carthage & Institut supérieur de pêche et d’aquaculture de Bizerte. pp 63.

* Béjaoui B., Armi Z., Ottaviani E., Barelli E., Gargouri-Ellouz E., Chérif R., Turki S., Solidoro C. & Aleya L. (2016). Random Forest model and TRIX used in combination to assess and diagnose the trophic status of Bizerte Lagoon, southern Mediterranean. Ecological Indicators. 71, 293 – 301.

* Aissaoui A., Armi Z., Turki S., Akrout F. & Ben Hassine O. (2014). Environmental factors and seasonal dynamics of Prorocentrum lima in coastal waters of the gulf of Tunis, South Mediterranean. Journal of Water Environment Research. 86, 2256 – 2270.

* Trabelsi E., Armi Z., Annabi-Trabelsi N., Sehili A., Ben Maiz N. (2013). Water quality parameters as indicators in the restoration impact assessment of Tunis north lagoon, South Mediterranean. Journal of Sea Research.79, 12 - 19.

* Aissaoui A., Armi Z., Turki S. & Ben Hassine O. (2013). Seasonal dynamic and in situ division rates of the dominant Dinophysis species in Punic harbors of Carthage (Gulf of Tunis, South Mediterranean). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI 10.1007/s10661-013-3257-5.

* Armi Z., Trabelsi E., Turki S., Ben Maïz N. & Mahmoudi E. (2012). Composition and dynamics of potentially toxic dinoflagellates in a shallow Mediterranean lagoon. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. 41, 25 - 35. 4

* Armi Z., Milandri A., Turki S. & Hajjem B. (2011). Alexandrium catenella and Alexandrium tamarense in the North Lake of Tunis: bloom characteristics and the occurrence of paralytic shellfish toxin. African Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 36, 47 - 56.

* Armi Z., Turki S., Trabelsi E., Ceredi A., Riccardi E. & Milandri A. (2011). Occurrence of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins in clams from Tunis north lagoon (Tunisia). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2324-z.

* Armi Z., Turki S., Trabelsi Eb. & Ben Maïz N. (2010). First recorded proliferation of Coolia monotis (Meunier, 1919) in the North Lake of Tunis

(Tunisia). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 64, 423 - 433

* Armi Z., Trabelsi Eb., Turki S., Béjaoui B. & Ben Maïz N. (2010). Annual phytoplankton dynamics in a shallow Mediterranean Lagoon in response to environmental conditions’ changes. Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Japan). 15, 417 - 426.

* Armi Z., Turki S., Trabelsi Eb. & Ben Maïz N. (2008). Nutrient loading and occurrence of Potentially Harmful Phytoplankton species in the North Lake of Tunis (Tunisia). Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 49, 311 - 321. Conferences &

Seminars

Participation to 17 different important international and national conferences and seminars. Most important are:

1- Armi Z., Dhib A., Balti N. & Turki S. Programme de Surveillance du Phytoplancton et des Biotoxines dans les sites d’Elevage des Mollusques Bivalves de la Lagune de Bizerte. Workshop « Les Lagunes de Thau et Bizerte, entre Pressions Environnementales et Gestion Durable » organisé par l’INSTM (Tunisie) et l’IRD (France). Bizerte (Tunisia), May 3 - 5, 2012. 2- Ziadi B., Dhib A., Armi Z. & Turki S. Diversité de la communauté zooplanctonique dans la lagune de Ghar El Melh. 14 èmes

journées de

l’ATSMER. Sousse (Tunisie), December 15 - 18, 2012. 3- Armi Z., Turki S. & Ben Maiz N. Coolia monotis and Ostreopsis siamensis proliferations in northern Tunisian lagoons waters. International Conference on Ostreopsis Development (ICOD). Villefranche-sur-mer (France), April 4 - 8, 2011.

4- Turki S., Balti N., Aissaoui A. & Armi Z. Occurrence of planktonic and epiphytic cells of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis in Tunisian waters. International Conference on Ostreopsis Development (ICOD). Villefranche-Sur-Mer

(France), April 4 - 8, 2011.

5- Aissaoui A., Turki S., Armi Z. & Ben Hassine O. Description des différents morphotypes du complexe Dinophysis acuminata dans les eaux côtières du golfe de Tunis. 5

ème

colloque «Sciences et Environnement». Bizerte (Tunisie), December 3 - 5, 2010.

6- Armi Z., Kacem I., Turki S., Hajjem B. & Bouaicha N. Étude de l’évolution saisonnière du dinoflagellé Dinophysis sacculus dans le Lac Nord de Tunis

(Tunisie). Colloque International de Toxicologie Environnementale et Agroalimentaire dans l’Espace Francophone. Sousse (Tunisie), November 8 - 11, 2009.

7- Armi Z., Turki S., Trabelsi E., Ben Maiz N. & Bouaicha N. Alexandrium catenella and Alexandrium tamarense proliferations in the North Lake of Tunis

(Tunisia). 5

ème

congrès International de Biotechnologie de l’AMB et 20 èmes Forum de L’ATSB. Hammamet (Tunisie), March 22 - 25, 2009. 8- Armi Z., Turki S., Trabelsi E., Ben Maiz N. & Bouaicha N. Changes in potentially harmful phytoplankton distribution in 2006 and 2007 in the north Lake of Tunis (Tunisia). Xèmes Journées de l’ATSMer et 1 ère

rencontre

Tuniso-Française d’Ichtyologie. Sousse (Tunisie), December 20 - 23, 2008. 9- Armi Z., Bouaicha N., Turki S., Ben Maiz N., Aissaoui A. & Trabelsi E. Detection of the dinoflagellate Kryptoperidinium foliaceum (Stein, 1883) in the North Lake of Tunis. Correlation with environmental factors. Kantaoui Forum tjassst9. Sousse (Tunisie), November 10 - 11, 2008. 10- Armi Z., Turki S., Ben Maiz N. & Trabelsi E. Relationship between Coolia monotis (Meunier 1919) bloom and environmental factors in the North Lake of Tunis (Tunisia). International symposium on Biotechnology. Sfax (Tunisie), May 04 - 08, 2008.

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