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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions Proceedings of Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-1), Tunisia 2017

Volume I and Volume II

123 Editors Amjad Kallel Hamed Ben Dhia National School of Engineering of Sfax National School of Engineering of Sfax University of Sfax University of Sfax Sfax Sfax Tunisia Tunisia

Mohamed Ksibi Nabil Khéliﬁ Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Sfax Springer Nature University of Sfax Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg Sfax Germany Tunisia

ISSN 2522-8714 ISSN 2522-8722 (electronic) Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development ISBN 978-3-319-70547-7 ISBN 978-3-319-70548-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4

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This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Preface

Highlights

• Springer, in collaboration with the Editorial Office of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration in Sfax, Tunisia, launched the First Euro-Mediterranean Con- ference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI: www.emcei.net) in November 2017. • The conference gathered new research contributions from all disciplines of the environmental sciences by Euro-Mediterranean scientists with diverse backgrounds, in particular from the geo- and bio-environmental sciences and engineering. • More than 800 short contributed papers were received from authors based in 50 countries. The evaluation process was managed by the Editors of this proceedings volume, who invited the members of the conference scientific committee and other international experts to review the papers. Ultimately, roughly 550 short papers were accepted. • Papers are published in this proceedings volume, which is divided into 10 major sections representing the tracks (topics) of the conference. They cover a broad range of environmental research fields, mainly from the Euro-Mediterranean region, but also from surrounding regions and some other parts of the world that show similar case studies on environmental integration in general. • Springer invited the Editors of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Inte- gration and other distinguished scientists and experts to contribute to the conference in the form of keynote lectures and workshops. • Authors of the best papers from this proceedings volume will be invited after evaluating their presentations during the conference to submit extended versions of their papers for evaluation before publication in a number of special issues in selected Springer journals. • This conference proceedings volume gathers these new studies, which demonstrate how science and knowledge can help to promote a more sustainable environment for the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Summary

The Euro-Mediterranean region is currently facing not only political, economic, and social challenges but also an ever-growing environmental degradation—aspects that have made environmental and resource protection an increasingly important issue. These aspects have also rekindled the debate on revitalizing the Euro-Mediterranean integration process by means of concrete cooperative projects in various sectors, especially those related to environmental awareness, assessment, and improvement. This integration process is mainly intended to reduce the development gap between the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean

v vi Preface and to create new and closer political, economic, social, cultural, and most importantly scientific ties between the two on the basis of common concerns. In this context, and precisely in order to promote the Euro-Mediterranean scientific partnership so as to develop and integrate environmental research in the region, under the auspices of Springer a group of Euro-Mediterranean scientists recently launched the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (EMJEI). The journal, supported and hosted by the University of Sfax, Tunisia and its Association University & Environment (AUE), offers a scientific platform for showcasing and discussing the latest research advances concerning emerging environmental issues and challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean region. To further strengthen Euro-Mediterranean environmental research, the Editors of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration launched, in close collaboration with Springer, the First Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI). This first installment of EMCEI, held in Sousse, Tunisia in November 2017, aims at gathering new research contributions from all disciplines of the environmental sciences by Euro-Mediterranean scientists with diverse backgrounds, in particular from the geo- and bio-environmental sciences and engineering, and thus makes an essential contribution to ensuring that science and knowledge can help to promote a more sustainable environment for the Euro-Mediterranean region. Once the conference’s call for papers had begun, the global relevance of EMCEI-2017 was demonstrated by the more than 800 contributed papers submitted by authors from 50 different countries. Following peer review, about 560 papers were ultimately accepted. The papers gathered in this book offer a general and brief overview of current research on emerging environmental issues and challenges, and of related applications to a variety of problems in the Euro-Mediterranean region in particular, but also in surrounding regions and other parts of the world. They are arranged in 10 major sections, reflecting the main topics addressed at the conference, namely:

1. Innovative approaches and methods for environmental sustainability; 2. Environmental risk assessment, bioremediation, ecotoxicology, and environmental safety; 3. Water resources assessment, planning, protection, and management; 4. Environmental engineering and management; 5. Natural resources: characterization, assessment, management, and valorization; 6. Intelligent techniques in renewable energy (biomass, wind, waste, and solar); 7. Sustainable management of marine environments and coastal areas; 8. Remote sensing and GIS for geo-environmental investigations; 9. Environmental impacts of geo/natural hazards (earthquakes, landslides, volcanic, and marine hazards); and 10. Environmental health sciences (natural and social impacts on human health).

Presenting a broad range of topics and results, EMCEI-2017 offered a valuable opportunity for researchers and students to learn more about new advances in environmental research initiatives in view of the ever-growing environmental degradation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, which has made environmental and resource protection an increasingly important issue with regard to sustainable development and social welfare. In addition to the several oral and poster sessions, participants enjoyed revealing keynote lectures by distinguished scientists and accompanying workshops. Keynote lectures highlighted the latest research results obtained in the Euro-Mediterranean region on topics including the following: clean energy production; wastewater treatment and energy production; novel approaches to contaminant removal in water; tracing pollution in aquatic systems; ecological risk assessment of plant protection products; environmental risk in connection with chemicals in soils; collecting and processing geodata for environmental and sustainable spatial planning; assessment of coastal morphological changes and the impact of sea level rise on Preface vii

shorelines; long-term sustainability of coastal zones and their adaptation to climate change; urban agriculture and green infrastructures; seismic hazard assessment; new solutions for energy, biomedical, and environmental applications; and several other interesting case studies, all of which are included in the first section of this proceedings volume: “keynote lecturers and workshops”. The workshops were also an opportunity to discuss in round tables several regional issues hindering sustainable development in the Euro-Mediterranean community, updating and summarizing the latest advances in connection with ongoing cooperation projects between scientists based on the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean. Lastly, they highlighted important case studies related to the environmental health sciences and integrated approaches to achieving a better environment, as well as training sessions on scientific writing and publishing techniques. This first Springer EMCEI gave younger scientists, in particular, the opportunity to present their findings—and the outcomes astonished and delighted us. We hope that the ideas in this book can stimulate further work on environmental integration and sustainable development.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the authors for their signiﬁcant contributions. We also wish to thank the scientiﬁc committee and all the reviewers for their valuable comments. Lastly, our thanks go to the Springer team for supporting the publication of these conference proceedings.

Sfax, Tunisia Amjad Kallel Sfax, Tunisia Mohamed Ksibi Sfax, Tunisia Hamed Ben Dhia Heidelberg, Germany Nabil Khéliﬁ November 2017 The original version of the book was revised: An author name has been updated and a chapter title has been changed. The erratum to this book is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_588

ix Conference Organizing Committee

Honorary Chair

Hamed Ben Dhia, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

General Chair

Mohamed Ksibi, Director of the High Institute of Biotechnology, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Scientiﬁc Committee Chair

Sami Sayadi, Director of the Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Public Relations Chair

Boubakker Elleuch, Director of Laboratory LGEET, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Corporate Relations Chair

Mongi Seffen, ESSTHS, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Publications Chair

Nabil Khéliﬁ, Springer, a part of Springer Nature, Heidelberg, Germany

Program/Submissions Chair

Amjad Kallel, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Conference Manager

Mohamed Sahbi Moalla, ISET, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Conference Scientiﬁc Committee

Abdelazim Negm, Zagazig University, Egypt Abdelfatteh Omri, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia Abdeltif Amrane, Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes, France Abdelwaheb Aydi, FSB, Tunisia Abderrahim Choukchou-Braham, University of A. Belkaid, Algeria

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Abdessalem El Ghali, FSB, University of Carthage, Tunisia Abdullah Al-Amri, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Ghafri, University of Nizwa, Oman Achraf Ghorbal, ISSAT Gabes, University of Gabes, Tunisia Aida Kesraoui, University of Sousse, Tunisia Akissa Bahri, National Agricultural Institute of Tunisia, Tunisia Alexander P. Mathews, Kansas State University, USA Ali Sdiri, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Ali-Akbar Sabziparvar, Faculty of Agriculture, Hamedan, Iran Amal Zayen, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia Amjad Kallel, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Anastasios Zouboulis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Andrei Bala, National Institute for Earth Physics, Romania Assia Harbi, Centre of Research of Astronomy, Algeria Baghded Ouddane, University of Sciences and Technology, Lille1, France Barbara Koch, University of Freiburg, Germany Bassem Jaouadi, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia Biswajeet Pradhan, University Putra, Malaysia Brigitte Kempter-Regel, Fraunhofer Inst. für Grenzﬂächen- & Bioverfahrenstechnik, Germany Chavalit Ratanatamskul, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand Chedly Tizaoui, College of Engineering, Swansea University, UK Cherif Ould Lahoucine, University of Guelma, Algeria Dalel Belhaj, , FSS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Dario Omanovic, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Croatia Elias Salameh, University of Jordan, Amman Elio Giamello, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy Eric D. van Hullebusch, University of Paris-Est, France Faouzi Ben Rabeh, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia Fatma Karray, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez, ETSI Industriales, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Francisco Javier Navas Pineda, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain Gil Mahé, IRD Montpellier, France Gilles Colinet, University of Liège, Belgium Giovana Almeida, University of Antwerp, Belgium Giulia Guerriero, Federico II University, Naples, Italy Habib Abida, FSS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Hakim Gabtni, CERTE, Tunisia Helder I. Chaminé, School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal Ibrahim Ozdemir, University, Faculty of Forestry, Turkey Imed Gargouri, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Tunisia Imen Hamdi Nasr, FSB, Tunisia Imene Dridi, FST, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Irie Mitsuteru, Miyazaki University, Japan Ismail Rakip Karas, Karabuk University, Faculty of Engineering, Turkey Ismail Trabelsi, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies des Eaux, Tunisia Jean-Paul Barusseau, University Via Domitia, France Jesús Cisneros Aguirre, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Jordan Vidal, Manuel Miguel, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Spain Jörg Römbke, ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Germany José Luís Pinho, University of Minho, Portugal Kamel Gargouri, Olive Tree Institute of Sfax, Tunisia Karima Fadhlaoui Zid, FST, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Kenichi Kachiwagui, University of Tsukuba, Japan Khalid Elkalay, Cadi Ayyad University (EST Essaouira), Morocco Laila Mandi, CNEREE, Marrakech, Morocco Conference Organizing Committee xiii

Lassaad Chouba, INSTM, Tunisia Latifa Bousselmi, CERTE, Tunisia Laurent Dezileau, University of Montpellier, France Madhi Jaghbir, University of Jordan, Jordani Marc Maboeta, North West University South Africa, South Africa Marc Tedetti, IRD–Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, France Marco Lauteri, Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale, Italy Maria Snoussi, IRD, France and University Mohammed V, Morocco Maria Teresa Melis, University of Cagliari, Italy Marilyne Soubrand, University of Limoges, France Masamoto Tafu, National Institute of Technology, Toyama College, Japan Maurizio Barbieri, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Michaël Badawi, Institute of Jean Barriol, University of Lorraine, France Moez Hanin, ISBS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Mohamed Abdulrazzak, Civil Engineering Department, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia Mohammed Abdul Rasheed, Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute, India Mokhtar Guizani, Hokkaido University, Japan Moncef Bouaziz, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Moncef Boukthir, IPEI Tunis, Tunisia Moncef Khadhraoui, ISBS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Monem Kallel, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Mounir Medhioub, FSS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Mustapha Hasnaoui, University of Sultan Moulay Slimane, Morocco Mustapha Meghraoui, University of Strasbourg, France Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, UDES, Tipasa, Algeria NeşeTüfekci, Istanbul University, Turkey Nicolas Roche, University of Aix-Marseille, France Nilanchal Patel, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India Noureddine Soltani, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria Olfa Hentati, ISBS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Oula Amrouni, INSTM, Tunis, Tunisia Ozgur Kisi, Ilia State University, Georgia Panagiotis Karanis, Qinghai University, China Pierre-Louis Frison, University of Paris-Est-Marne, France Rachid B. Slimane, Gas Technology Institute, IL, USA / SABIC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Ridha Mzoughi, LRHSP, Tunisia Rihab Hadji, University of Farhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria Roman Tandlich, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, South Africa Salem Bouri, University of Sfax, Tunisia Samir Bouaziz, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Sandeep Panda, Suleyman Demirel University, Engineering Faculty, Turkey Seref Turhan, Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Turkey Settimio Ferlisi, University of Salerno, Italy Souad A. Benromdhane, HEID, OAQPS, U.S. EPA, USA Sudip Chakraborty, University of Calabria, Italy Suela Kellici, London South Bank University, UK Sven-Uwe Geissen, Technical University Berlin, Germany Tahar Mechichi, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Teresa A. P. Rocha-Santos, Aveiro University, Portugal Vincenzo Naddeo, University of Salerno, Italy Wolfgang Cramer, CNRS, IRD, University of Avignon, France Yannick Mamindy-Pajany, Institut Mines Télécom (IMT), Lille Douai, France xiv Conference Organizing Committee

Yuji Murayama, University of Tsukuba, Japan Zakaria Hamimi, Benha University, Egypt Zouhair Ksibi, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Local Organization Committee

Aiman Medhioub, FLSHS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Cherif Moslah, LGEET, University of Sfax, Tunisia Dhouha Mabrouk, FLSHS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Farah Bouhamed, FSG, University of Gabes, Tunisia Mabrouk Eloussaief, FSS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Mehdi Nafa, University of Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, Algeria Mohamed Sahbi Moalla, ISET, University of Sfax, Tunisia Mongi Felhi, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Oula Amrouni, INSTM, Tunis, Tunisia Sirine Bouguerra, LGEET, University of Sfax, Tunisia Zied Marzouki, LGEET, University of Sfax, Tunisia Yasmine Bacha, FLSHS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Salsabil Trigui, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia Senda Ben Jemaa, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia

About the Conference Manager

Mohamed Sahbi Moalla is a lecturer at the Department of Information Technology of the Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Sfax (ISET Sfax) in Tunisia. He is a founding member of the ISET’s LPI Training Center and the Cisco Academy. He is a senior consultant in computer security and information systems architecture, certified Cisco IT Essentials. Besides, he is a Risk Manager ISO 27005, Google Apps Education Qualified Lead Implementer ISO 27001, Kaspersky Certified Professional, HTML developer, CSS developer, StonGate Firewall Engineer, and StonGate Firewall Architect. He is the Journal Editorial Office coordinator of the (Springer) Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration at the University of Sfax, Tunisia. He managed the organization of 35 international conferences. In 2014, Mohamed Sahbi Moalla together with Boubaker Elleuch (Professor at ENI-Sfax) launched the First International Confer- ence on Integrated Environmental Management for Sustainable Development (ICIEM). In 2017, in collaboration with Nabil Khélifi (Senior Editor—Springer), Mohamed Sahbi Moalla helped in the launch of the First Springer Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration. Contents

Volume I Part I Keynote Lectures and Workshops New Pathways in the Synthesis of 2-Dimensional Materials...... 3 Suela Kellici Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides in Soil: Does It Have to Be Different in Different Regions? ...... 5 Jörg Römbke New Challenges for the Ecological Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products to Soil Organisms in the EU ...... 7 José Paulo Sousa, Silvia Pieper, and Maria Arena Hydrogeochemical Assesment of Groundwater Quality: A Case Study of a Wetland System in Central Italy...... 9 Maurizio Barbieri Novel Ozone Oxidation Process for Emerging Contaminants Removal in Water ...... 11 Chedly Tizaoui Wastewater Treatment and Energy Production Through Electro Membrane Bioreactors ...... 15 Vincenzo Naddeo, Laura Borea, and Vincenzo Belgiorno Implications of Sulphide on Trace Metal Pollution Mobility in Sediment...... 19 Baghdad Ouddane, Mariam Hamzeh, and Mirna Daye Remediation of Selenium Contaminated Wastewater ...... 23 Eric D. van Hullebusch Services and Dysservices of Collective Gardens in Urban Areas: A Soil Perspective ...... 25 Gilles Colinet, Amandine Liénard, Dinneke Schram, Piet Otte, Louisa Boukharaeva, and Marcel Marloie R&D for Clean Energy Production Through Responsible Utilization of Various Feedstocks Including Coal, Biomass, and Hydrocarbons ...... 27 Rachid B. Slimane Can ICZM Help the Resilience of Disappearing Beaches in the Face of Climate Change?...... 29 Maria Snoussi, Otmane Khalfaoui, Latifa Flayou, Siham Kasmi, and Otmane Raji

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Assessment of the Impact of Dams on River Regimes, Sediment Transports to the Sea, and Coastal Changes...... 31 Gil Mahe, Oula Amrouni, Thouraya Ben Moussa, Laurent Dezileau, Rajae El Aoula, Hamadi Habaieb, Abderraouf Hzami, Ilias Kacimi, Abderrahmane Khedimallah, Fatma Kotti, Mohamed Meddi, Nadia Mhammdi, and Saadi Abdeljaouad Evolution of GSDs in the Coastal Zone, New Insights ...... 33 Jean-Paul Barusseau Geodata the Tool for Environmental and Sustainable Spatial Planning ...... 35 Barbara Koch Earthquake Faulting and Their Implications for the Seismic Hazard Assessment Along the Plate Boundary in North Africa ...... 37 Mustapha Meghraoui Cryptosporidium: Waterborne and Foodborne Transmission and Worldwide Outbreaks ...... 41 Panagiotis Karanis Springer Workshop on How to Get Published in a Scientiﬁc Journal: Tips from Springer Editors ...... 45 Nabil Khéliﬁ and Abdullah Al-Amri Editing a Paper from Submission to Publication ...... 47 Amjad Kallel 3rd Workshop of the Euro-Mediterranean Consortium of Higher Education and Industrial Institutions: Freshwater and Climate Change ...... 49 Abriak Nor-Edine, Ahmed Addou, Hentati Olfa, J. Cisneros-Aguirre, Khaldi Abdelkrim, Kherbeche Abdelhak, Mohamed Ksibi, Zouhaier Ksibi, Legube Bernard, Hakima Nassali, Ouddane Baghdad, Rives Alain, and Sehili Tahar An Integrated Environmental Approach—City of Sfax, Tunisia ...... 51 Hamed Ben Dhia Groundwater Exploration in the Solar System: “the Restless Hunt for Life”.... 53 Essam Heggy

Part II Innovative Approaches and Methods for Environmental Sustainability Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor for Sustainable Environmental Remediation...... 57 Sudip Chakraborty, Jaya Sikder, Debolina Mukherjee, Stefano Curcio, and Vincenza Calabro REAGRITECH: A Relevant Model of Sustainable Water Management...... 61 Marwa Ben Saad, Lorena Aguilar, Angel Gallegos, Beatriz Missagia, Raquel Rubio, Myriam Ben Said, Carlos Alberto Arias, Ahmed Ghrabi, and Jordi Morato Zero-Liquid Discharge Desalination of Hypersaline Shale Gas Wastewater: Challenges and Future Directions ...... 65 Viviani C. Onishi, Juan A. Reyes-Labarta, and José A. Caballero

Integrating Future Climate Change, CO2 Increase and Technology Progress on Wheat Production in Northern Tunisia...... 69 Mohamed Annabi, Haithem Bahri, and Hatem Cheick M’hamed Terrace Gardens Sustainable Carbon Sinks in Modern Urban Dynamics ...... 71 Roohul Abad Khan, Amadur Rahman Khan, Abdullah M. Al Fatais, and Abdulsalam Ahmed Ayed Alqarni Contents xvii

Urban Morphology for a Better Sustainable Urban Strategy: City of Tunis as a Case Study ...... 75 Safa Achour Younsi and Fakher Kharrat Water Quality Modeling in the Mediterranean River Basins...... 77 Anna Malagò and Faycal Bouraoui Characterization of Glauber Hydrate Salt, Recoverable from the Disposal of Lead Batteries, When Used for Thermal Energy Storage ...... 81 Maria Gabriela De Paola, Marilena De Simone, Natale Arcuri, and Vincenza Calabrò Can Conservation Agriculture Sequester Soil Carbon in Northern Tunisia in the Long Run? ...... 85 Haithem Bahri, Mohamed Annabi, Abir Saoueb, Hatem Cheikh M’Hamed, Amir Souissi, Roukaya Chibani, and Bochra Amina Bahri Climate Change and Water Resources Management in Arab Countries...... 89 Attia El Gayar and Younes Hamed Impact of Agricultural Policies on the Technical and Economic Parameters of the Olive Value Chain in the Djelfa Region (Algeria) ...... 93 Leila Attallaoui, Salah Eddine Benziouche, and Komi Apédo Atchemdi A New Method to Estimate the Instantaneous Pollutants Emissions from Line Sources ...... 95 Hicham Gourgue, Ahmed Ihlal, and Ahmed Aharoune From Phyto to Agromining: Past, Present, and Future Scope ...... 99 Luís A. B. Novo, Paula M. L. Castro, Paula Alvarenga, and Eduardo Ferreira da Silva Fernand Pouillon’s Architecture: A Sustainable Model in Algeria ...... 103 Kersenna Soumaya and Chaouche Salah Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Bio-drying: An Experimental Prototype Conception ...... 105 Mohamed Ali Saihi, Rami Hkiri, Mohamed Damak, Zaineb Braiek, Mourad Ayadi, Emna Ammar, and Nabil Kechaou Evaluation of the Inhibiting Effect of Organic Compounds on the Adsorption of Iodine Compounds in Cation-Exchanged Zeolites: A DFT Study ...... 107 Etienne Hessou, Hicham Jabraoui, Mouheb Chebbi, Siwar Chibani, Laurent Cantrel, and Michael Badawi A Laboratory Investigation of the Hydraulic Performance of String-Wound Filters ...... 111 Giacomo Viccione and Stefania Evangelista Soil Thermal Properties: Effects of Density, Moisture, Salt Concentration and Organic Matter ...... 113 Abdeen Omer Decolourization of Real Textile Wastewater by the Combination of Photocatalytic and Biological Oxidation Processes ...... 115 Teklit Gebregiorgis, Eric D. van Hullebusch, and Kiros Hagos Efﬁcient Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions Using Olive Stone and Rye Straw as Abundant Adsorbents ...... 119 Sana Dardouri, Asma Jedidi, and Jalila Sghaier xviii Contents

Thermomechanical Properties of Plastic Films Based on Cassava Starch Reinforced with Kaolin and Metakaolin ...... 123 Namory Meite, Léon Kofﬁ Konan, Drissa Bamba, Bi Irié Hervé Goure-Doubi, and Samuel Oyetola Electrocoagulation Process for Simultaneous Nitrate and Phosphate Removal Using Parallel Iron Plates in the Presence of Organic Pollutant: Optimization, Kinetic Study and Energy Consumption Evaluation ...... 125 Mouna Ghazouani, Hanene Akrout, Salah Jellali, François Lapicque, and Latifa Bousselmi Fenton-like Catalytic Degradations of Neutral Red in Water Using Cerium Oxide Polishing Powder ...... 129 Elaziouti Abdelkader, Laouedj Nadjia, Benhadria Naceur, Bouhadjar Boukoussa, and Adnane Mohamed The Promising Keratin-Biodegradation and Hide-Dehairing Activities of the Keratinase KERUS from Brevibacillus Brevis Strain US575 ...... 133 Nadia Zaraî Jaouadi, Hatem Rekik, Abdelmalek Badis, Sahar Trabelsi, Mouna Belhoul, Chiraz Gorgi Hila, Ahlem Irmani, Haifa Khemir, Abdessatar Toumi, Samir Bejar, and Bassem Jaouadi The Attractive Proprieties of the Keratinase KERQ7 from Bacillus Tequilensis Strain Q7 with Promising Potential for the Leather Bating Process ...... 137 Nadia Zaraî Jaouadi, Hatem Rekik, Mouna Belhoul, Chiraz Gorgi Hila, Ahlem Irmani, Haifa Khemir, Abdelmalek Badis, Abdessatar Toumi, Samir Bejar, and Bassem Jaouadi

Spinel Ni0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 Nano-Catalyst: Synthesis, Characterization and Heterogeneous Fenton-like Degradation of Congo Red Azo-Dye ...... 141 Laouedj Nadjia, Elaziouti Abdelkader, Benhadria Naceur, Bouhadjar Boukoussa, and Bekka Ahmed Biodegradation of Urban Stromwater Pollution in a Sequence of Constructed Porous Riffles in a Mediterranean Creek...... 145 Pascal Breil, Jonathan Gervaix, Philippe Namour, Marie-Noëlle Pons, and Olivier Potier Effect of Chemical Modifications on the Adsorption of Nickel Ions Using Micro-Particles of Dry Palm Fibers...... 149 Asma Boudaoud, Mebrouk Djedid, Mokhtar Benalia, Chifaa Ad, Hicham Elmsellem, and Amina Zaid Effects of Petroleum Pollution in Niger Delta Wetlands: Interplay Between the Social and Ecological Systems ...... 151 Francis O. Arimoro, Jude E. Uku, and Nelson O. Odume Influence of Temperature and Doping Content on the Photocatalytic Activity in Visible Light of W-Doped TiO2 ...... 153 Chérif Moslah, Teresa Aguilar, Mohamed Ksibi, Rodrigo Alcántara, and Javier Navas Phosphorus Removal Efficiencies via a b Proteobacterium Isolated from Active Phosphate Mine Area in Southern Tunisia...... 155 Imen Daly, Abdelwahab Chatti, and Salah Jellali Eco-Friendly Finishes for Textile Fabrics ...... 159 Imene Belhaj Khalifa and Neji Ladhari Contents xix

Variation of Ten Durum Wheat Genotypes Yield and Nitrogen Agronomic Efficiency Under Mediterranean Subhumid Condition ...... 163 Kalthoum Harbaoui, Karima Belguesmi, Amel Mguidiche, Abdennour Sebei, and Chahine Karmous Optimization of Coagulation/Flocculation Process for Landfill Leachate Treatment Using Box–Behnken Design ...... 167 Rachid Elmoubarki, Mohamed Taoufik, Ahmed Moufti, Hanane Tounsadi, Fatima Zahra Mahjoubi, Samir Qourzal, Mohamed Abdennouri, and Noureddine Barka Removal of Arsenic by Iron (Hydr)oxide Impregnated Granular Activated Carbon Derived from a Tunisian Date Stones ...... 169 Farah Bouhamed, Zaineb Bacari, Zouheir Elouear, and Jalel Bouzid Study of Methylene Blue Adsorption in Aqueous Solution Using Alginate-Bentonite Beads ...... 171 Asma Oussalah and Abdelhamid Boukeeroui Easy and Cost Effective Preparation of Cellulose Beads from Almond Shell: Characterization and Application in Copper (II) Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions ...... 175 Najeh Maaloul, Paula Oulego, Manuel Rendueles, Achraf Ghorbal, and Mario Díaz Carboxylic Magnetic Latex Particles Using Seeded Emulsion Polymerization for Wastewater Treatment ...... 179 Zied Marzougui, Mohamed Damak, Ahmed Bitar, Geraldine Augsti, Quentin Lelong, Boubaker Elleuch, and Abdelhamid Elaissari Fixed Bed Adsorption Dynamics Experimental Study and Modeling of C3H6 Capture into Faujasite Type Zeolite ...... 183 Olfa Ouled Ltaief, Nesrine Dammak, and Mourad Benzina Organic Acids Assisted Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals: A Review ...... 187 Hafiz Muhammad Tauqeer and Muhammad Sagir Adsorptive Removal of Cationic and Anionic Dyes from Aqueous Solution by Utilizing Reed Treated with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate as a New Bioadsorbent...... 189 Sarra Karoui, Rim Ben Arfi, Karine Mougin, and Achraf Ghorbal Enhanced Removal of Eriochrome Black T from Water Using Phragmites Australis Functionalized with Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB)...... 195 Rim Ben Arfi, Sarra Karoui, Karine Mougin, and Achraf Ghorbal Removal of Cadmium(II) Ions from Synthetic Aqueous Solutions Using Maize Leaves as an Eco-Friendly Sorbent Material in Batch Mode: A Preliminary Study ...... 197 Houcine Benaïssa and Mohamed Meziani Effect of Amphiphilic Copolymers on Armco Steel Corrosion ...... 199 Narimene El Korso, Fatima Zohra Sebba, Seghier Ould Kada, and Nihel Dib Simplified Model for Adsorption Method on Activated Carbon in Fluidized Bed Reactor ...... 201 Ghozlane Khaled, Kahina Abdelkrim, Fares Zouaoui, and Saliha Bourouina-Bacha Cupronickel Alloy Corrosion Inhibition in a Medium (0.5 M Nacl) ...... 205 Hamida Essom xx Contents

Optimized Physico-Chemical Treatment of the Fuel Washing Water of an Industrial Gaz-Blok with Ferric Chloride and Polymer ...... 209 Hajar Qachach, Mohamed Tahiri, Salah Souabi, Meriem Abouri, and Imane Chanaa Degradation of Pharmaceutical Contaminant in Water via Fountain Photoreactor ...... 211 Djilali Tassalit, Nadia Chekir, Ouassila Benhabiles, Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, Manel Bradai, and Hakim Kissarli Solar Photodegradation Using Zinc Oxide Catalyst for the Elimination of Phenol and Acetamiprid from Water ...... 215 Djilali Tassalit, Ouassila Benhabiles, Nadia Chekir, Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, Naima Sahraoui, Smail Nouissi, Mazigh Brahimi, and Sara Mahidine Comparative Study of Natural and Synthetic Clays Used as Supported Catalysts in Dyes Degradation by Advanced Oxidation Processes...... 219 Hafsa Rabah, Khadidja Khaldi, Abderrahim Choukchou-Braham, Djahida Lerari-Zinai, and Khaldoun Bachari Enhanced Efficiency of the Coagulation/Flocculation Treatment of Vegetable Oil Refinery Wastewater Using Response Surface Methodology ...... 223 Ghofrane Louhichi, Imen Khouni, and Ahmed Ghrabi Static Studies on Cationic Dye Desorption Efficiencies from Chemically Modified Orange Tree Sawdust: Experimental Results and Mechanisms Investigations ...... 227 Ahmed Amine Azzaz, Salah Jellali, Hanene Akrout, and Latifa Bousselmi Biosorption of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution Using Seagrass: Batch Study ...... 231 Riyad Mahfud, Nada Abd EL Latief, and Omar Sultan Adsoptive Removal of an Azo Dye (Methyle Orange) onto a Low Cost Adsorbent Using the Experimental Research Methodology ...... 235 Imane Bencheikh, Imane Abourouh, Said Kitane, Abdelmalek Dahchour, Mohammadine El Mrabet, and Souad El Hajjaji Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation of Parahydroxybenzoic Acid by Catalysts Based on Zirconia ...... 237 Itidel Belkadhi, Mohamed Achref Bouabdellah, Lassaad Ben Hammouda, and Zouhaier Ksibi Elaboration of a Lignocellulosic Material for a Comparative Study of Adsorption of Micropollutants in Aqueous Solution...... 241 Mustapha Rechache and Seghier Ould Kada Study of the Effectiveness of Copper Retention on Three Different Hydrogels...... 243 Nour Elhouda Ben Ammar, Taieb Saied, Mohamed Barbouche, and Ahmed Hichem Hamzaoui Orange Methyl Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions by Layered Double Hydroxides ...... 247 Miloud Aissat and Noureddine Bettahar Biodegradion Studies and Thermomechanical Caracterisations of PDLA/TPS...... 251 Khadija Mbarki, Mariem Fersi, Adel Sayari, and Boubaker Elleuch Contents xxi

Part III Environmental Risk Assessment, Bioremediation, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Green for Brown (G4B): A Novel Tool for Evaluating Phytoextraction in Soils Polluted by Heavy Metals ...... 257 Alejandro Gonzalez-Ollauri and Slobodan B. Mickovski Optimization of Different Key Culture Conditions for Enhanced Biodegradation of a Refractory Emerging Pollutant by a Bacterial Isolate Through a Statistical Approach ...... 259 Claudia Popa Ungureanu, Lidia Favier, and Gabriela Bahrim Assessing the Milk Production Impacts on the Aquatic Ecosystem in Algeria ... 261 Ferroudja Younsi and Krim Louhab Behavior of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Terrestrial Systems—Evaluation Trough Batch and Leaching Column Tests...... 265 Eliana Tassi, Francesca Bretzel, Manuele Scatena, and Roberto Pini Organic Carbon in Urban Wetland Sediments and Implication for Potential Greenhouse Gas Emission...... 269 Shuai Shao, Xiuquan Tai, Feng Zhen, Jianbing Li, and Yubao Li Application of Bacteriophage and Essential Oil to Monitor Bacterial Bioﬁlm Formation ...... 273 Myriam Ben Said, Dhekra Trabelsi, Faouzi Achouri, Marwa Ben Saad, Latifa Bousselmi, and Ahmed Ghrabi Biostimulation of Microbial Community by Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) to Degrade Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) in Contaminated Soil...... 275 Latifa Hamoudi-Belarbi, L’Hadi Nouri, Leila Bendifallah, Saﬁa Hamoudi, and Khaled Belkacemi Magnetically Separable Low Cost Adsorbent for Bioremediation of Th(IV) and Methylene Blue Dye from Water Sample...... 277 Sugam Chavan, Sandip Sabale, Vikas Jadhav, and Prashant Chikode Characterization of Bacteria Isolated from Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils and Producers of Biosurfactants ...... 281 Farida Benzina-Tihar, Thanina Chaouche, Mohamed Khoja, and Hakima Mohand-Kaci Oulebsir Response of Solanum lycopersicum to the Exposure to the Most Used Pesticides in Tunisia...... 283 Ikram Jaabiri Kamoun, Rim Baccar Yangui, Jalel Bouzid, and Radhia Gargouri Bouzid Clay Soil: A Good Conditioner for Amended Alfalfa with Different Organic Amendments Under Saline Irrigation Production ...... 285 Sonia Mbarki, Artemi Cerdà, Chaima Jabri, Marian Brestic, Chedly Abdelly, and Jose Antonio Pascual Environmental Impact Evaluation of Cropping Systems Using Life Cycle Assessment: Case Study of Central Tunisia ...... 287 Meriem Jouini, Yannick Biard, Nadhira Benaissa, Julien Burte, Hajer Amara, and Carole Sinfort Metal Induced Cytopathologies in the Copepod Tigriopus brevicornis...... 291 Sabria Barka and Corrine Cuoc xxii Contents

Use of Response Surface Methodology for the Biodegradation of Textile Industrial Effluents by Coniophora puteana IEBL-1 ...... 293 Raja Tahir Mahmood, Muhammad Javaid Asad, and Muhammad Asgher Phosphogypsum Effect on Soil and Rain Water Incubated and Soil Respiration ...... 297 Kaouther Ardhaoui and Mohamed Moussa Short Term Treated Wastewater Reuse Impact on Soil Microbial Biomass, Bacterial Functional Diversity and Enzymatic Activities in the Presence of Earthworms Eisenia andrei ...... 301 Marouane Mkhinini, Iteb Boughattas, Hamadi Boussetta, Vanessa Alphonse, Alexandre Livet, Stéphanie Gıusti-Miller, Mohamed Banni, and Noureddine Bousserrhine Development of Electrochemical Immunosensors for Endocrine Disrupting Detection ...... 305 Najet Belkhamssa, Teresa Rocha-Santos, and Mohamed Ksibi The Effects of 15-Year Treated Municipal Wastewater Irrigation on Biological Parameters of Olive Cultivated Soil (Zaouit Sousse Perimeter, Oriental Tunisia) ...... 307 Yassine Hidri, Olfa Boussadia, Naceur Jedidi, and Abdennaceur Hassen Impact of a Neonicotinoid Insecticide Thiamethoxam on Metric Indexes and Enzymatic Activity of Glutathione S-Transferase in Adult Females of a Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis...... 311 Salima Chouahda, Yasmine Cheghib, and Noureddine Soltani Pseudomonas putida mt2; A Potential Candidate for Cadmium Bioremediation ...... 313 Saba Shamim Filtration and Viability Rate Study of Alexandrium catenella After Contact with Clams Ruditapes decussates ...... 319 Morsi Gdoura, Hanen Sellami, and Radhouane Gdoura Biological Control of Meloidogyne javanica Associated with Cultivated Peach in Tunisia ...... 321 Noura Chihani-Hammas, Hajer Regaeig, Lobna Hajji-Hadfi, and Najet Horrigue-Raouani Fluctuating Asymmetry in Acanthodactylus boskianus Living in a Contaminated Area Close to Gabès City (Southern Tunisia) ...... 325 Intissar Nasri and Slaheddine Selmi Organic Compounds and Heavy Metals Simultaneous Removal from a Tunisian Landfill Leachate Using Dairy Rejects...... 327 Yasmin Cherni, Mariam Kasmi, Lobna Elleuch, and Ismail Trabelsi Evaluation of the Potential Side-Effects of Novaluron an Insect Growth Disruptor on the Shrimp Palaemon adspersus: Cuticle Secretion and Chitin Contents ...... 331 Hinda Berghiche, Hamida Benradia, and Noureddine Soltani Antioxidant Responses and Gene Level Expressions of Sulla coronaria Inoculated by Heavy Metals Resistant Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Under Cadmium Stress...... 335 Salwa Harzalli Jebara, Manel Chiboub, and Moez Jebara Contents xxiii

Growth and Responses of Biomarkers in the Snail Helix aspersa (Mollusca, Gastropoda) Used as Bioindicator of Soil Pollution in Northeast of Algeria ...... 339 Yousra Bairi, Karima Sifi, and Noureddine Soltani Chemical Composition and Some Trace Element Levels in the Surface Waters of Three Coastal Marine Areas Under Contrasted Pollution Influences in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia ...... 343 Zaher Drira, Samia Gharsallah, Houda Sahnoun, Marc Tedetti, Marc Pagano, and Habib Ayadi Antifungal Activity of Isolated Lactic Acid Bacteria Strain from Wheat Against Some Fusarium graminearum Strains ...... 345 Souad Makhloufi, Serra Djaboub, Abdallah Moussaoui, and Sliman Benouis Thiamethoxam (Neonicotinoïd) and Spinosad (Bioinsecticide) Affect Hypopharyngeal Glands and Survival of Apis mellifera intermissa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)...... 347 Hichem Ahmed Menail, Wided Fella Bouchema-Boutefnouchet, Guy Smagghe, and Wahida Ayad-Loucif Bioremediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Sea Water in Lab Microcosms .... 351 Zohra Chekroud, Mona Khameess Gouda, and Moussa Houhamdi Heavy Metals Assessment and Their Effects on the Hepatopancreas in Orchestia montagui (Amphipoda, Talitridae) ...... 355 Raja Jelassi, Chedliya Ghemari, Hajer Khemaissia, Maryline Raimond, Catherine Souty-Grosset, and Karima Nasri-Ammar Life Cycle Assessment of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) Fertilizer Production in Tunisia ...... 359 Soumaya Aribi, Mohamed Razak Jday, and Noureddine Hajjaji Growth and Yield of Triticale Plants Amended with Sewage Sludge Under Sub-humid Mediterranean Conditions ...... 363 Rajia Kchaou, Rim Baccar, Yassine Hidri, Kalthoum Harbaoui, Jalel Bouzid, and Saloua Rejeb Assessment of Trace Metals in Marine Magnoliophyta in Port El Kantaoui (Sousse, Tunisia)...... 365 Rym Zakhama-Sraieb, Yassine Ramzi Sghaier, Ahmed Ben Hmida, and Faouzia Charfi Exogenous Proline Improves Olive Plant Performance Against Cadmium Stress ...... 367 Mohamed Zouari, Nada Elloumi, Salma Mseddi, Pascal Labrousse, Bechir Ben Rouina, Ferjani Abdallah, and Chedlyia Ben Ahmed DDT-Induced Hypothyroidism Mechanisms in Rats...... 369 Olfa Tebourbi, Neila Marouani, Dorsaf Hallègue, Mohamed Tahar Yacoubi, Mohsen Sakly, and Khémais Ben Rhouma Rotifers of Foum El Ghis Dam...... 373 Nassima Doukhandji, Somia Hamil, and Abdeslem Arab Sources and Distributions of Dissolved and Particulate Hydrocarbons in Surface Coastal Waters from the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia, Southern Mediterranean Sea) ...... 375 Rania Fourati, Marc Tedetti, Catherine Guigue, Madeleine Goutx, Hatem Zaghden, Sami Sayadi, and Boubaker Elleuch xxiv Contents

Biodegradation of Liquid Sludges Hydrocarbons Issued from Oil Refining by a Soil Bacterial Consortium ...... 379 Nadia Khelifi, Ichrak Ben Hriz, Intidhar Jbali, Ayed Halleb, Issam Smaali, and Moktar Hamdi Excess Fluoride Ion Removal from Saharan Groundwater Using Local Clay Adsorbent: Adsorption Conditions Optimization...... 383 Nouria Nabbou, Meriem Belhachemi, Mustapha Boumelik, Yahia Harek, Touhami Merzougui, and Ikram Mokadam Environmental Fate of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos in Soil Microcosms and Its Impact on Soil Microbial Communities ...... 387 Asma Ben Salem, Nadine Rouard, Marion Devers, Jérémie Béguet, Fabrice Martin-Laurent, Pierluigi Caboni, Hanene Chaabane, and Sami Fattouch Impact of Carbon Nanotubes on the Germination of the Phaseolus Vulgaris Seeds ...... 391 Messaouda Boulmaali and Amel Zafour Hadj-Ziane Isolation and Characterization of Lecanicillium sp. for Antagonistic Activity Against Meloidogyne Javanica ...... 395 Lobna Hajji-Hedfi, Asma Larayedh, Laura Tormo, Hajer Regaieg, and Najet Horrigue-Raouani Fumigant Toxicity and Repellent Effect of Azadirachtin Against the Lesser Grain Beetle, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Col.: Bostrichidae)...... 399 Samir Tine, Ahlem Halaimia, Jihene Chechoui, and Fouzia Tine-Djebbar Physical Factors Influence on Phytomediation Processes ...... 403 Natalia Politaeva, Lubov Olshanskaya, Ulia Smyatskaya, and Ulia Bazarnova Deriviation of Terrestrial Predicted No-Effect Concentration (PNEC) for Cobalt Oxide Nanomaterial ...... 405 Sirine Bouguerra, Ana Gavina, Maria da Graça Rasteiro, Teresa Rocha-Santos, Mohamed Ksibi, and Ruth Pereira Effects of UV-C Radiation on Viability, Outer Membrane Proteins and Lipopolysaccharides of Shigella ...... 409 Kalthoum Chourabi, Susana Campoy, Jesus Rodriguez, Ahmed Landoulsi, and Abdelwaheb Chatti Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterial and Copper Binary Mixture Phytotoxicity in Maize Plants (Zea mays. L) ...... 411 Sirine Bouguerra, Yosra Frikha, Ruth Pereira, Mohamed Ksibi, and Olfa Hentati Biochemical and Enzymatic Characterization of a Gram-negative Fish Pathogen Isolated in Morocco from Rainbow Trout and Comparison with Isolates of Other Countries and Sources ...... 413 Assia Kritihi, Khadija Ouaissa, Abdel Aziz Maychal, Youness Oumessaoud, Mustapha Barakate, and Mustapha Hasnaoui Effects of Boron Distribution on Sugar Beet Crop Yield in Two Soils of Dour Ismail Irrigated Perimeter (Béja-Goubellat-Northwest Tunisia) ...... 417 Ahlem Tlili, Imene Dridi, Salma Fatnassi, Hédi Hamrouni, and Moncef Gueddari Hydrocarbon Pollution of Kuwait Bay: Differentiation of Petrogenic, Anthropogenic and Biogenic Hydrocarbons ...... 421 Talat Saeed, Hassan AlShimmari, Nisar Ahmad, Ahmad Al-Mutairi, and Hameeda Abdullah Contents xxv

Effects of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and the Benzo[a]Pyrene on Survival and Settlement of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia solida) Planulae ...... 425 Fatma Bouzidi, Cherif Ensibi, and Mohamed Nejib Daly Yahia Phytoremediation of Metal Industry Wastewaters: A Review ...... 429 Sukru Dursun and Zeynep Cansu Ayturan Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Muscles of Ten Commercially Important Fish Species from Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria ...... 431 Iyabode O. Taiwo, Mabel O. Ipinmoroti, Olaniyi A. Olopade, Bashir T. Adeniyi, and Nathanael A. Bamidele Field and Laboratory Study of Nitrogen Mineralization Dynamics in Four Tunisian Soils...... 435 Imene Dridi Mercury Bioaccumulation via Genus Baetis (Ephemeroptera, Macroinvertebrates) ...... 439 Djaouida Bouchelouche, Imane Saal, Mouna Hafiane, and Abdeslem Arab Soils Characterization Around Erstwhile Oyem Electrical Station and Sediments and Water of Neighboring Lake in the Northern Region of Gabon ...... 441 Jean Bernard Mombo, Mesmin Edou, and Jean Aurelien Moukana Libongui Pesticides Used in Tunisian Vineyards: What’s the Risk for the Environment and the Human Health? ...... 445 Ala Bouagga, Hanene Chaabane, Wiém Chtioui, Amira Mougou Hamdane, and Bouzid Nasraoui Using an Eco-System for Frightening Fish-Eating Birds ...... 449 Mohamed A. Al-Rajhi Estrogenic Potency Assessments in a Context of Treated Wastewater Reuse for Artificial Groundwater Recharge ...... 455 Selma Etteieb, Atsuchi Kawachi, Jamila Tarhouni, and Hiroko Isoda Bioecology of Culicidae (Diptera; Nematocera) of the Tizi-Ouzou Wetlands (Algeria) ...... 459 Zohra Lounaci, Salaheddine Doumandji, and Bahia B. Doumandji-Mitiche Occurrence, Sources and Environmental Health Risk Assesement of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Domestic Effluents Discharges in Wadi El Bey (Tunisia) ...... 465 Imen Gdara, Ines Zrafi, Catia Balducci, Angelo Cecinato, and Ahmed Ghrabi Effect of 17a-Ethinylestradiol Exposure on Phycocyanin Metabolite Production and Antioxydant System of Phormidium Versicolor NCC466 ...... 467 Dalel Belhaj, Donyez Frikha, Bouthaina Jerbi, Khaled Athmouni, Moneem Kallel, Sami Maalej, John Zhou, and Habib Ayadi Determination of Trace and Oligo-Elements in the Constantine Region Soils...... 471 Samira Naili, Assia Nait Merzoug, George Dénès, Hocine Merazig, and Abdelhak Lakehal Former Extractive Activities in Tunisia: Environmental Risk Assessement and Heavy Metals Immobilization ...... 475 Jihène Nouairi, Walid Hajjaji, Joao A. Labrincha, Fernando Rocha, Carla Patinha, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva, and Mounir Medhioub Urban Sediment Contamination with Heavy Metals in Southern China ...... 479 Jinmeng Xia, Lihui Chen, Feng Zhen, and Yubao Li xxvi Contents

Life Cycle Assessment of Sulfuric Acid Production System in Tunisia ...... 483 Marwa Mami, Mohamed-Razak Jeday, and Noureddine Hajjaji Eco (Geno) Toxic Assessment of Urban Sewage Sludge from Sfax Wastewater Treatment Plant ...... 487 Bouthaina Jerbi, Dalel Belhaj, Houda Ayadi, Donyez Frikha, Sami Maalej, Habib Ayadi, and Monem Kallel Cellular Compartmentalization and Chemical Forms of Cell Accumulation of Nickel in the Halophyte of Sesuvium Portulacastrum ...... 491 Emna Fourati, Katarina Vogel-Mikuš, Mitija Kelemen, Primož Vavpetič, Primož Pelicon, Chedly Abdelly, and Tahar Ghnaya Study of the Toxicity of Cadmium Selenide (CdSe) Nanoparticles on a Terrestrial Ecosystem Model Helix Aspersa ...... 495 Salmi Aya, Toualbia Nadjiba, and Rouabhi Rachid Investigation of Nanoparticles and Ultra Fine Particles in the Workplace ...... 499 Med Salah Benlatreche, Ouafa Boukhmis, and Kahina Slimane New Environmental Culture in Algeria: Eco Design ...... 501 Sihem Tireche and Abdelaziz Tairi Chemical Composition and Insecticide Properties of the Essential Oils from Mentha Pulegium Against Aedes Caspius (Diptera: Culicidae) ...... 503 Fouzia Tine-Djebbar, Raja Guenez, and Noureddine Soltani Comparison of Three Techniques for the Detection and Quantiﬁcation of Enteric Parasites in Wastewater Samples in Tunisia ...... 507 Layla Ben Ayed, Sonia Sabbahi, and Panagiotis Karanis Morphological and Biochemical Effect of Iron Stress on Date Palm V.Deglet Nour Seeds ...... 511 Wiem Mnafki, Zayneb Chaâbene, Kais Mnafgui, and Amine Elleuch Copper Effect on Phosphate Nitrogen and Fungicide Removal from Water Using an Aquatic Plant Lemna Gibba ...... 515 Smain Megateli and Michel Couderchet Mitochondrial Dysfunction of Rat Wistar Nervous System After an Exposure to Abamectin (Oxidative Stress Status, Caspase-3, Stromal Enzymes and Mitochondrial Respiration and Swelling) ...... 517 Rachid Rouabhi and Salim Gasmi Assessment of Lead Contamination in Pepper and Agricultural Soils in Hammam Boughrara, Northwest Algeria ...... 521 Abderrazzak Baba Ahmed and Tahar Kebir Determination of Heavy Metals in Sediments and Gardon (Rutilus rutilus) of the Sikkak Dam, Northwest Algeria ...... 525 Zineb Derrag and Nacéra Dali Youcef Towards a Thermoregulation Filter Facing the Urban Heat Stress: Algiers Case Study ...... 529 Assia Fernini-Hafﬁf and Ewa Berezowska-Azzag Impact of the Neonicotinoid Insecticide, Actara®, on the Shrimp Palaemon adspersus: Biomarkers Measurement ...... 533 Hinda Berghiche, Khaoula Touati, Salima Chouahda, and Noureddine Soltani Contents xxvii

Occurrence and Enhanced Removal of Heavy Metals in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Coagulation-Flocculation Process ...... 535 Zied Marzougui, Mohamed Damak, Boubaker Elleuch, and Abdelhamid Elaissari Impact of Wind on the Temporal Distribution of Rotifers in the Foum El Gherza Dam ...... 539 Nassima Doukhandji, Somia Hamil, and Abdeslem Arab Effect of Copper on the Physiological Parameters of Broad Bean (Vicia faba L.) ...... 543 Benouis Slimane, Houcine Abdelhakim Reguieg Yssaad, El Haj Bouziani, Djoudi Abdelhak, Imane Cherief, and Amrane Fatiha Field Assessment of Sewage Sludge as Sustainable Agriculture Practice...... 549 Rim Baccar, Rajia Kchaou, Yassine Hidri, Saloua Rejeb, and Jalel Bouzid Contamination by Selected Trace Elements in Groundwater of Azzaba District in Northeast of Algeria ...... 553 Moussa Benhamza, Abdelaziz Laraba, and David Landry Assessment of the Bioaccumulation Capacity of Heavy Metals of the Species: Quercus Ilex L Tree Plant Garden of El Hamma-Algeria for Use in Phytoremediation...... 555 Nadjib Benosmane, Keltoum Namani, and Manal Saichi Effect of Salinity and Compost of Aleppo Pine Pinus halepensis L on the Proline and Chlorophyll Content of the Bean Vicia faba L Minor ...... 559 Tayeb Nouri, Houcine Abdelhakim Reguieg Yssaad, Hadj Bouyahia, Keira Nouar, Nabil Ghenami, and Ahmed Latigu Impact of Soil Properties on Groundwater Contamination Risks by Nickel and Lead ...... 563 Mohamed Abdelwaheb and Sonia Dridi-Dhaouadi Evaluation of Hepatotoxicity: Nickel on an Indicator Model of Pollution (Oryctolagus cuniculus) ...... 567 Toualbia Nadjiba, Salmi Aya, and Rouabhi Rachid Effect of Coal Fly Ash on Vegetative Growth, Photosynthetic Pigmens and Heavy Metal Content of Helianthus annuus L...... 571 Nilakantha Dash, Gayatri Nahak, and Rajani Kanta Sahu Isolation and Characterization of Some Chlorpyriphos-Degrading Bacteria from Different Ecological Niches of the “Ouargla” Province ...... 575 Nabiha Aloui, Samia Bissati, and Houria Ouled-Haddar Effects of Gold Nanoparticles on the Mediterranean Clams Ruditapes decussatus: Chemical and Biochemical Investigations ...... 577 Badreddine Sellami, Imen Bouzidi, Wiem Saidani, Amine Mezni, David Sheehan, and Hamouda Beyrem Fusarium Brachygibbosum and Fusarium Chlamydosporum Causing Wilt and Die-back of Olive in Tunisia ...... 581 Rahma Trabelsi, Radhouene Gdoura, and Mohamed Ali Triki Paper Industry Effluent Short and Long Effect on Soil Heavy Metals Accumulation and Phytoremediation ...... 583 Abdelkader Ltifi, Neila Saidi, Mokded Rabhi, James Downer, Abderrazak Smaoui, Chedly Abdellly, and Amor Hafiane xxviii Contents

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Arising from Consumption of Salad Crops Irrigated with Contaminated Water by Human Sewage in the Infulene Valley ...... 585 Mario Tauzene Afonso Matangue, Honissimo Tisai David Saize, and Lateiro Salvador de Sousa ANaïve Bayesian Network Approach to Determine the Potential Drivers of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Coolia monotis in the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia ...... 589 Wafa Feki-Sahnoun, Hasna Njah, Moufida Abdennadher, Asma Hamza, Nouha Barraj, Mabrouka Mahfoudi, Ahmed Rebai, and Malika Bel Hassen Contaminant-Driven Habitat Fragmentation: Should Ecological Risk Assessments Include Avoidance and Recolonisation Testing? ...... 593 Rui Ribeiro, Matilde Moreira-Santos, José Paulo Sousa, and Cristiano V.M. Araújo Biodegradation of the Antibiotics Oxytetracycline and Enrofloxacin by Microbial Communities from Douro Estuary (Portugal) Sediments...... 595 Harrabi Malek, Diogo A. M. Alexandrino, Marisa R. Almeida, Ana P. Mucha, Fatma Aloulou, Elluech Boubaker, and Maria F. Carvalho

Part IV Water Resources Assessment, Planning, Protection and Management Gabes Jeffara Aquifers Management in Relation with Oasien Ecosystems ...... 599 Jean-Francois Vernoux, Faten Horriche, Rhida Ghoudi, Slah Abdedaiem, and Mekki Hamza Management of the Laayoune-Dakhla Deep Aquifer System (South Sahara, Morocco) ...... 603 Sidi Mokhtar El Kanti, Bouabid El Mansouri, and Youssef Arjdal Assessment of the Impact of Climatic Variability and Human Activities on Groundwater Quality: Case of Mitidja Plain, North of Algeria ...... 607 Abdelkader Bouderbala Groundwater Economics in Arid Regions: Abu Dhabi Emirate Case Study .... 611 Mohamed A. Dawoud A New Model (DRASTIC-LU) for Evaluating Groundwater Vulnerability in Alluvial Aquifer of Upper Cheliff (Algeria)...... 615 Djelloul Zafane, Benyoucef Gharbi, and Abdelkader Douaoui Geochemical Characteristics of Groundwater and Its Suitability for Irrigation in the Lower Cheliff Plain, Algeria ...... 619 Abdelhamid Bradaï, Abdelkader Douaoui, and Ibrahim Yahiaoui Groundwater Depletion in Tunisian Arid Regions: Causes, Consequences and Possible New Policy Instruments...... 623 Hacib El Amami and Taoufik Hermassi Efficiency of Aquifer Artificial Recharge from Hill Dam by Analytical Method ...... 627 Zouheira Ibn Ali and Moncef Zairi Integrated Multi-criteria Evaluation and Weighted Overlay Analysis in Assessment of Groundwater Potentiality in Segui Region, Southern Tunisia .... 631 Mohamed Haythem Msaddek, Dhekra Souissi, Yahya Moumni, Ismail Chenini, and Mahmoud Dlala Contents xxix

Optimal Groundwater Sampling Design for Nitrate Monitoring by Geostatistical Analysis and Vulnerability Mapping ...... 633 Ibtissem Triki, Nadia Trabelsi, Imen Hentati, and Moncef Zairi Hydrochemical Analysis and Evaluation of Groundwater Quality of an Alluvial Aquifer. Algeria ...... 637 Tarek Drias, Chemseddine Fehdi, and Moufida Bellouala Building Constrained (3D) Geostatistical Models Case of the Triassic Sandstone Aquifer System (SE Tunisia) ...... 641 Mohamed Amin Hammami, Hayet Chihi, and Ghislain De Marsily Exploitation of the Main Aquifer Units in the Biskra Region: Analysis of the Current Situation and Prospects for Rationalization of Their Use in Agriculture ...... 643 Nasser-Eddine Soualili, Gabriela Mihaela Afrasinei, Yacine Louadj, Nouara Degui, and Salah Belghemmaz Ground Water Quality Characterization in the South of Algeria (Tindouf Region)—In Excess Fluorine...... 647 Nouria Nabbou, Meriem Belhachemi, Touhami Merzougui, Yahia Harek, Bahous Nasri, and Ikram Mokadam Assessment of Different Irrigational Practices on Managing the Nitrogen Loss into the Groundwater Using HYDRUS-1D Numerical Software Gaza Strip as a Case Study—Palestine ...... 653 Abukmeil Reem, Guizani Mokhtar, Ito Ryusei, and Funamizu Naoyuki Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation in Chelghoum Laid Area (Eastern Algeria) ...... 659 Abdelhamid Khedidja, Abderrahmane Boudoukha, and Samir Djenba Statistical Characterization of Groundwater Quality in Jijel Plain Area (Northeastern Algeria) ...... 665 Abdelmadjid Boufekane and Omar Saighi Nitrate Impact on the Groundwater Quality Degradation in Arid Areas (Timiaouine Region South of Algeria) ...... 669 Bahous Nasri, Ali Benatiallah, Sliman Kaloum, and Sara Soulimani Water Geochemistry for a Sand Aquifer of the Complex Terminal in the Northern Algerian Sahara (Case of the Lower Oued Rhir Valley) ...... 673 Idir Menad Houari and Imed Eddine Nezli Application of the GALDIT Method to the Study of Groundwater Vulnerability of the East Mitidja Alluvial Waters ...... 677 Dahbia Djoudar/Hallal, Sadek Zahouani, and Abdelkrim Khaldi Evaluation of Hydrogeochemical Quality Parameters of Groundwater Under Urban Activities. Case of Beni Mellal City (Morocco) ...... 681 Mohamed El Baghdadi, Amal Jouider, Ahmed Barakat, and Radouane Medah Application of Inverse Geochemical Modelling to Understand Geochemical Evolution of Groundwater in Berrechid Aquifer, Morocco ...... 683 Tibari El Ghali, Hamid Marah, Mohamed Qurtobi, and Bouâbid El Mansouri Hydrochemical Evolution of Groundwater in the Tamlouka Plain, Influence of Lithology, Geomorphology and Anthropogenic Actions...... 685 Samir Djorfi, Saadane Djorfi, Laroussi Beloulou, Mohamed Djidel, and Salima Guechi xxx Contents

Water Supply and Waterborne Diseases in the Population of Za-Kpota Commune (Benin, West Africa) ...... 689 Léocadie Odoulami, Brice S. Dansou, and Nadège Kpoha Estimation of Aquifer Parameters from Pumping Test Data Using the Only Corresponding Competitor Method (OCC): Case Oude of Korendijk (South of Rotterdam) ...... 691 Noureddine Oulad Naoui, El Amine Cherif, and Abdelkader Djehiche Dohuk Syncline as an Artificial Recharge Aquifer, Northern Iraq ...... 695 Nabeel K. Al-Azzawi and Myasar S. Al-Saraj Assessment of Seawater Intrusion in the Maritime Djeffara Coastal Aquifer (Southeastern Tunisia) ...... 699 Bachaer Ayed, Ikram Jmal, Samir Sahal, Salwa Saidi, and Salem Bouri Geochemical and Isotopic Study of a Coastal Phreatic Aquifer from the NE of Tunisia: Guenniche Basin...... 703 Safouan Ben Ammar, Jean-Denis Taupin, Mohsen Ben Alaya, Kamel Zouari, and Mohamed Khouatmia Naturel Tracer and Isotopic Approach to Describe Groundwater Behaviour: An Example of the Mateur Plain (North-Eastern Tunisia)...... 707 Mohsen Ben Alaya, Safouan Ben Ammar, Jean-Denis Taupin, Mohamed Khouatmia, Raouf Jbeali, and Fetheddine Melki Inhibition of Scaling of Potable Water by a Food Product Phosphate Based .... 711 Said Ben-Aazza, Abdallah Hadfi,M’Bark Belattar, and Ali Driouiche Lessons Learned from a Partnership Between the University of Liège and Water Agencies for the Management of Surface Water Quality ...... 713 Jean-François Deliege, Etienne Everbecq, Pol Magermans, and Aline Grard Physical, Chemical and Bacteriological Characterization of Wastewater Discharged into Wadi Tleta (NW, Algeria) ...... 717 Fatiha Hadji and Mohammed Benabdelkader Brine Outfall Discharges Modelling and Design: Case of a Desalination Plant in Algeria ...... 719 M’hamed Belkacem Filali and Mohamed Bessenasse Qualitative Study of Irrigation and Drinking Water in Tindla Area ...... 723 Omar Ben Mya, Chaima Ben Dallali, and Abd Elhalim Bouzidi Providing Clean Water to Rural Villages ...... 727 Tullia Valeria Di Giacomo and F. Paolo Di Giacomo Assessment of Two Conceptual Models IHBV and HBV-Light in Estimation of Increase Water Harvesting to Help Cloud Seeding Technology (Case Study: Catchment Taft-Dehshir, Iran)...... 731 Mohammad Mehdi Javadianzade and Samaneh Poormohammadi A 3-Parameter Empirical Model to Predict Extreme Rainfall Rates in the Extreme North-East of Algeria ...... 735 Laroussi Beloulou, Salima Guechi, Saadane Djorfi, Hadjer Benzine, Halima Maalem, and Wassila Saaidia Impact of Spring Water Qualitative Assessment on the Environmental Management System in the West Bank ...... 739 Marwan Ghanem Contents xxxi

Scheduling Deficit Subsurface Drip Irrigation of Apple Trees to Optimize Water Use Efficiency ...... 743 Azzeddine Chenafi, Philippe Monney, Maria Isabel Ferreira, Houria Chennafi, and Christoph Carlen Multivariate Statistics of Physico-Chemical Parameters to Develop the Baseline Level of Water Quality Around the Proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant, India ...... 747 Ramesh Shinde, Prashant Chikode, Sugam Chavan, and Sandip Sabale Impact of Climate Variability on Hydrology of the Western Mitidja Watershed, Algeria ...... 753 Faiza Hallouz, Hafsa Karahacane, Mohamed Meddi, Gil Mahe, Fadhila Sadi, Hanane Benchikh, and Faiza Kemmerchou Assessment of Citizens’ Virtual Water Footprint ...... 755 Mahdi Kolahi, Saeideh Heydari, Mina Ansari, and Farzaneh Nouraei Water Management and Related Environmental Issues in Large Mediterranean Basins: Case Studies from the Ebro and the Po Catchments...... 759 Francesca Salmaso, Paolo Espa, Ramon J. Batalla, Giuseppe Crosa, Gaetano Gentili, Livia M. L. Servanzi, and Silvia Quadroni Spatial Evolution of Physical-Chemical Parameters Characterizing the Quality of the Surface Waters After the Developpement of the Marchica Lagoon (North-East Morocco) ...... 763 Asmae Aknaf, Mustapha Akodad, Mostapha Ayachi, Faid El Madani, Abdessamad Jaddar, Abdelhakim Mesfioui, and Mourad Baghour Comparison of Three Different Biochemical Compositions of Foods in the Rainbow Trout (Onchorynchys mykiss) and Their Effect on Oum Er-Rbia River Water Quality (Morocco)...... 767 Khadija Ouaissa, Assia Kritihi, Youness Oumessoud, Abdelaziz Maychal, and Mustapha Hasnaoui Modeling Integrated Water Resources Management by WEAP, Case of Watersheds Mabtouh (North-Western Algeria) ...... 771 Laidia Zerkaoui, Mohamed Benslimane, and Abderrahmane Hamimed Water and Energy Nexus in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries ...... 775 Mohamed A. Dawoud Wheat Yield and Water Use Efficiency in the North of Tunisia Under Supplemental Irrigation ...... 779 Amel Belhaj Mguidiche, Boutheina Douh, Hiba Gazouani, Kalthoum Harbaoui, and Ferjoui Sahbi Prediction of Dams Silting in Semi-arid Region Using Erosion Map Under GIS Environment, Case of Ksob Watershed in Hodna Region (Algeria) ...... 781 Mahmoud Hasbaia, Sara Zeroual, Mostefa Dougha, André Paquier, and Christine Poulard Identification of Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Waters...... 785 Sana Mokrane, Djamila Harik, and Hubert Cabana The Stormwater Network Behavior Simulation by SWMM...... 789 Fares Laouacheria, Moncef Chabi, and Said Kechida Characterisation of Mean Monthly Rainfall Variability Over Mellegue Catchment—Tunisia ...... 793 Haifa Feki, Taoufik Hermassi, and Nessrine Soualhia xxxii Contents

Monitoring and Modeling Digestate Fate and Transport in Inﬁltrating Afforested Areas Versus Maize/Ray-Grass Rotation Plots ...... 797 Micòl Mastrocicco, Nicolò Colombani, Bruno Boz, and Bruna Gumiero Fertilizing Value of Treated Wastewater Under Short Term Irrigation of Olive Tree (Olea europaea L.) ...... 801 Ameni Ben Hassena, Mohamed Zouari, Nada Elloumi, Wahid Khabou, and Nacim Zouari A Multivariate Analysis of Water Quality in Lake Ghrib, Algeria ...... 805 Somia Hamil, Mounia Baha, Sihem Arab, Nassima Doukhandji, and Abdeslem Arab Phytoplankton Community Diversity and Seasonal Variation in the Boukourdane Lake, Northern Algeria ...... 809 Arab Siham, Hamil Somia, and Arab Adeslem Trophic Status Assesement of Lacustrine Ecosystem, Boukourdane Lake, Algeria ...... 811 Siham Arab, Hamil somia, and Arab adeslem Correlation Between the Extreme Climate Indices and the AMO Index in Northern Algeria ...... 813 Hafsa Karahacane, Mohamed Meddi, Xuebin Zhang, Hamoudi Abdelamir Saaed, and Faiza Hallouz Impact of DEM Data Resolution on SWAT Model in Runoff Simulation...... 815 Jalel Aouissi, Ramzi Ennajeh, and Sihem Benabdallah Analysis of Stream Flow Trends in Sub-basins of the Upper Blue Nile Basin...... 819 Abeer Samy, Mona G. Ibrahim, and Wael Elham Mahmod Modeling and Forcasting of Surface Runoff in the Beni Bahdel Dam: Using ARDL Model (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) ...... 823 Abdelwahab Rahmouni, Mohamed Meddi, and Hafsa Karahaçane Desalinated Water for Human Consumption and Public Health Risks in West Algeria: The Case of Souk Tleta Water Plant...... 825 Naïma Badid, Chahrazed Aggab, Aboubaker Hachemaoui, and Fatiha Hadji Integrating Hydrological and Hydraulic Modelling for Flood Risk Management in a High Resolution Urbanized Area: Case Study Taibah University Campus, KSA ...... 827 Mohamed Abdulrazzak, Anis Al-Shabani, Kashif Noor, Amro Elfeki, and Ahmed Kamis A Double Effect Desalination Unit Parametric Study ...... 831 Hafdhi Fathia, Khir Tahar, Ben Yahia Ali, and Ben Brahim Ammar Modelling Catchment Scale Agricultural Pollution in North Tunisia Using the PEGASE Model ...... 835 Amira Boukari, Etienne Everbecq, Sihem Ben Abdallah, Pol Magermans, Aline Grard, Hamadi Habaieb, and Jean-François Deliège State of Organic Pollution in Waters of the Seybouse Wadi, Region of Guelma (Northeast of Algeria)...... 839 Marwa Aissaoui and Moussa Benhamza Water Governance and Collective Action Performance in Tunisian Irrigated Area ...... 843 Jamel Ben Nasr and Mohamed Salah Bachta Contents xxxiii

Phytoremediation Potential of Terrestrial Herbaceous Species for Nitrate in Contaminated Water ...... 847 Ikram Mokeddeme, Meryem Belhachemi, Touhami Merzougui, and Nouria Nabbou Understanding the Evolution of Water Deficit in the North African Region .... 849 Annamaria Mazzoni, Essam Heggy, and Giovanni Scabbia ANN-Based Approach to Predict Changes in Ground Water Levels as a Result of Constructing New Naga-Hammadi Barrage, Egypt ...... 853 Ahmed S. Noureldeen, Shenouda Ghaly, Kamal Ali, and Gamal Abozaid Depuration of Wastewater from Table Olive Industries...... 857 Jesús Cisneros-Aguirre, Mario Manzanera, and Emilio Bursón Evolution of Water and Soil Conservation Interventions in the Merguellil Catchment: Impact on the Agricultural Land Protection and the Income of the Local Population...... 861 Taoufik Hermassi and Hacib Amami Hydrological Modeling of Stream Flow in Trans boundary Catchment and the Climate Change Impact: Case Study of Mellegue Catchment, Northwest Tunisia ...... 865 Taoufik Hermassi, Haifa Feki, and Soualhia Chabbi Drought Stress Effects on Growth and Yield of Three Soybean Genotypes in Second Cropping of Moghan Plain of Iran...... 869 Manoochehr Farboodi, Masoomeh Rostamzadeh, and Kaveh Khaksar Analysis of Dam Deformation Using Artificial Neural Networks Methods and Singular Spectrum Analysis ...... 871 Bachir Gourine and Sofiane Khelifa BOD and COD Estimation in Wastewater Outflow via Artificial Neural Network ...... 875 Maryam Bayat-Varkeshi, Kourosh Mohammadi, and Reza Najib Wetting Patterns Estimation Under Subsurface Drip Irrigation Systems for Different Discharge Rates and Soil Types ...... 877 Boutheina Douh, Olfa Didouni, Amel Mguidiche, Hiba Ghazouani, Sami Khila, Abdelhamid Belaid, and Abdelhamid Boujelben Flood Risk Mapping in the Region of Ouled Ben Abdelkader in the Wilaya of Chlef, Northern Algeria ...... 879 Youssouf ZaÏri How Does the Rainwater Harvesting Protect the Urban Areas Against Flooding? ...... 883 Abdelkarim Guebail, Lotfi Zeghadnia, and Yacine Djebbar Sanitation Scheme Development of the Urban Community of Harhoura Contribution to Sectoral Liquid Sanitation Survey of Skhirat-Témara Province ...... 885 Hanane Ait Hmeid, Nadia El Khamli, Mustapha Akodad, Mohamed EL Gattafi, Aziza EL Ouati, and Aknaf Asmae Assessment of the Quality of Liquid Waste of Traditional Hammams in the Periurbain of Casablanca, Morocco (Case of Dar Bouazza Community)...... 887 Nihad Chakri, Btissam EL Amrani, Faouzi Berrada, Halima Jounaid, and Fouad Amraoui xxxiv Contents

Changes in Species Composition of Brachionidae (Rotifera) Community in Ghrib Lake (North West Algeria) ...... 891 Somia Hamil, Mounia Baha, Sihem Arab, Nassima Doukhandji, and Abdeslem Arab Trivariate Copulas for Characterisation of Past and Future Droughts Over North-West Algeria ...... 893 Ayoub Zeroual, Senna Bouabdelli, Mohamed Meddi, Ramdane Alkama, and Ali A. Assani Energy Dissipation by Hydraulic Jump in a Half Circular Channel with Bench Seat...... 897 Mohammed Khattaoui, Sonia Ziani, Omar Boudlal, and Bachir Achour Physical and Chemical Quality of Surface Waters of the Wilaya de Bouira (Northern Algeria)...... 901 Hakim Djafer Khodja, Amine el Cherif, Saad Dahmani, and Ahmed Ferhati Measuring Crop Evapotranspiration Over Hilly Areas ...... 909 Nissaf Boudhina, Mohamed Moncef Masmoudi, Frédéric Jacob, Laurent Prévot, Rim Zitouna-Chebbi, Insaf Mekki, and Netij Ben Mechlia Estimation of Speciﬁc Degradation by Application of a Regional Model for the North of Algeria ...... 913 Rachid Chellali and Rabah Ladjal Effects of Treated Wastewater Irrigation of Sfax, Agareb and Mahres Stations on Olive Plants ...... 917 Zaineb Bakari, Nesrine Boujelben, Frah Bouhamed, Monem Kallel, and Boubaker Elleuch Modeling Watershed Operation: Case Study of the Chafﬁa Dam (Algerian Extreme North East) ...... 921 Mehdi Nafa, Keblouti Nafa, and Abir Achache To What Extent Can Groundwater Uses Affect Long Term Sustainable Exploitation Schemes? Case Study of the Bouhefna-Haffouz Aquifer System (Central Tunisia) ...... 927 Hamza Jerbi, Sylvain Massuel, Christian Leduc, Jeanne Riaux, and Jamila Tarhouni

Volume II Part V Environmental Engineering and Management Morphological, Chemical and Electrochemical Carbon Based and Nobel Metal Electrode Characterization for Use in Water Electrochemical Disinfection ...... 933 Mokhtar Guizani, Kento Yajima, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Ryusei Ito, and Naoyuki Funamizu Development of Eco-Engineering Sector Speciﬁc Routines and Curricula for the Mediterranean Region ...... 937 Slobodan B. Mickovski, Guillermo Tardio Cerrillo, Paola Sangalli, Jerome Perez, Craig S. Thomson, and Caroline Gallagher Codigestion: Toward a Simple Model to Predict Methane Production ...... 941 Mokhles Kouas, Philippe Sousbie, Michel Torrijos, Jérôme Harmand, and Sami Sayadi Refuse Derived Fuel Gasiﬁcation Possibilities in Small Scale Units ...... 945 Maris Klavins, Dmitry Porsnov, Valdis Bisters, Juris Kalviss, and Raivo Damkevics Removal of Methylene Blue Dye by Fenton-like Process Using Laterites ...... 947 Gloria M. R. Kpinsoton, Hela Karoui, Yohan Richardson, and Hamma Yacouba Contents xxxv

Effects of Recycled Materials Added to the Substrate on Nursery Trees ...... 951 Francesca Bretzel, Eliana Tassi, Francesca Vannucchi, Manuele Scatena, and Fabrizio Cinelli Effect of Acclimatization on Earthworm’s(Eisenia Andrei) Potential on Olive Mill Wastewaters Detoxification ...... 955 Barhoum Kharbouch, Hicham Lakhtar, Sandrine Amat, Sevastianos Roussos, Nathalie Dupuy, and Abdelhamid El Mousadik Production and Characterization of Activated Carbon from Orange Peels by Chemical Activation with Sulfuric Acid ...... 959 Sami Guiza, Salwa Hajyahia, Franck Launay, and Mohamed Bagane Cheap and High Quality Housing with Emphasis on Modular Building...... 963 Shaham Asadi, Hassan Mohammad Jafari Sadeghi, and Ataollah Beigzade Methylene Blue Removal from Aqueous Solution by Using Smectite Clay and Silty Soil: Batch and Fixed Bed Column Studies ...... 967 Sana Dardouri, Asma Jedidi, and Jalila Sghaier A Theoretical Study on Municipal Solid Waste Characterization in Jordan and Its Economic Feasibility ...... 971 Khalid Bani-Melhem and Mahmoud Alshorman Optimization of Cost and Pollutant Emissions from MSW Collection Using GIS. The Case Study of Mostaganem, Western Algeria ...... 975 Islam Safia Abdelli, Fatiha Abdelmalek, and Ahmed Addou Optimal Locations Determination for an Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in the City of Tunis, Tunisia ...... 979 Seifeddine Bouguerra and Safa Bhar Layeb Preparation of Graphite Ultrafiltration Membrane Over Macroporous Graphite Support for Oily Waste Water Separation by Air Gap Membrane Distillation...... 983 Imen Derbel and Raje Ben Amar Diagnostic and Treatment of Leachate from Municipal Solid Waste in Morocco Using Experimental Design Methodology ...... 985 Meriem Abouri, Imane Chanaa, Salah Souabi, Hajar Qachach, and Amane Jada Combined Process for Olive Oil Mill Wastewater Treatment Based on Flocculation and Heterogeneous Photocatalysis ...... 989 Gassan Hodaifa, Jose Antonio Páez Fernández, and Cristina Agabo Garcia Analyses of Complex Rainfall Change Using Non Parametric Trend Tests in Semi Arid Zone-Case Study: Center of Tunisia ...... 993 Manel Snoussi, Mohamed Hamdi, and Jamila Tarhouni

Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation of Phenol Using W-La/CexZr1−XO2 Catalysts ...... 997 Mohamed Achraf Bouabdellah, Lassaad Ben Hammouda, Gwendoline Lafaye, Jacques Barbier, Jr, and Zouhaier Ksibi Comparative Study of Pressure Reduction Valve Controllers in Water Distribution Systems ...... 1001 Mouna Doghri, Sophie Duchesne, Annie Poulin, and Maxim Ouellet Salt Solar Wastelands: To New “Saltscapes” Resilient in the Mediterranean.... 1005 Jean-Louis Pacitto and Odile Jacquemin xxxvi Contents

Radioactive Waste Management in South Africa ...... 1009 Thabo Matyaba, Priscilla Keche, and Roman Tandlich Numerical Simulation of Dye Adsorption/Desorption in Three Layered Soil and Models Comparison ...... 1013 Sana Dardouri, Asma Jedidi, and Jalila Sghaier Nitrogen Oxide Removal from Nitric Acid Production Process by Absorption into Hydrogen Peroxide Solution...... 1017 Ons Ghriss, Hédi Ben Amour, Mohamed-Razak Jeday, and Hassen Chekir Effect of Preparation Manufacturing Process on the Quality of Cotton Recycled DENIM Yarn ...... 1021 Mohamed Ben Hassen, Béchir Wanassi, and Béchir Azouz Methylene Blue Removal from Brackish Water by Natural Algerian Clay ...... 1025 Ammar Fadel and Nacef Saci On the Use of Brouers-Sotolongo Kinetics Equation and Isotherm for the Removal Fluorine from Aqueous Solutions by Clay...... 1027 Francois Brouers and Sami Guiza Numerical Study of Soil Water Content to Estimate the Hydraulic Properties of Soil in Tunisia ...... 1031 Asma Jedidi, Sana Dardouri, and Jalila Sghaier An Alternative Method for Predicting Bed Load Transport Rate in River—Application to the Medjerda River, Tunisia...... 1035 Mohamed Gharbi, Amel Soualmia, and Denis Dartus Adsorption of Model Dyes Onto Porous Materials: Effect of pH and Temperature on the Parameters of Brouers-Sotolongo Kinetic Fractal and Generalized Isotherm ...... 1039 Taher Selmi, Mongi Seffen, François Brouers, Vanessa Fierro, and Habib Sammouda Evaluation of Diallyl Phthalate Biodegradation Mechanisms in the Treatment of Synthetic Wastewater ...... 1043 Ehsan Ahmadi, Mitra Gholami, Mahdi Farzadkia, and Ramin Nabizadeh Abnormal Behavior of Chott Ain Beida Brines, Ouargla Basin, Algerian Sahara...... 1047 Merzouk Zatout, Messaoud Hacini, Ahmed Hichem Hamzaoui, and Adel M’nif Dimunition of Pollution by Improving the Properties of Polymers Against Climatic Aleas ...... 1051 Noureddine Hassini Prediction of Solid Transport in the Wandering Section of the Maritime Reach of the Congo River, Accounting for the Limits of the Ashmore’s Method ...... 1055 Edouard Konzi Panise Siamo and Yohanan Dzama-Likwanda The Communication Process for a Sustainable Urbanism in Algeria ...... 1057 Lyazid Hadj-Smaha Simpliﬁcation of Soil Description for the Modeling of Nitrogen Leaching with STICS Model...... 1061 Rahma Ines Zoghlami, Virginie Parnaudeau, and Christian Walter Design and Achievement of a New Hybrid Filter System Used in Cement Works ...... 1063 Abbes Ouari, Ahmed Alibida, Farid Miloua, and Amar Tilmatine Contents xxxvii

Kinetic Study of Removal of Pollutants from Aqueous Solutions ...... 1067 Sarra Hamouda, Salima Bouteraa, Abdellah Bahmani, Nourredine Bettahar, and Djahida Lerari Spatial Distribution of Methane Emissions at Bizerte Active Landfill (Northern Tunisia) ...... 1069 Sana Abid and Moncef Zairi Control of Particles Flow in Pneumatic Conveying Lines by Capacitive Measurement ...... 1071 Rafik Sayah, Miloua Farid, and Ouari Abbes Seawater: Affordable, Reliable and Sustainable Energy for All...... 1075 Mohammed K. Al Mesfer Study of Nusselt Number Evolution in PCM Shell-and-Tube Configuration .... 1079 Mohammed Bechiri and Kacem Mansouri Analysis of Numerical Simulation of the Hydrodynamics in Swimming Pools, in Terms of Water Quality ...... 1081 Mostefa Dougha, Mahmoud Hasbaia, and André Girou Flow Behaviour Analysis Through a Venturi ...... 1087 Wahiba Mokrane and Ahmed Kettab Investigating the Impacts of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Hydrology and Soil Loss in Humid Ethiopian Highlands of Upper Blue Nile Basin ...... 1089 Addisu Dagnew, Habtam Mekonnen, Seifu Tilahun, Nigussie Haregeweyn, and Enyew Adgo Experimental Analysis of the Morphological Evolution of a Sand Bed Channel ...... 1091 Mohamed Gharbi, Amel Soualmia, and Denis Dartus Magnetic Treatment Effects on Salt Water and Tomato Plants Growth...... 1095 Nesrine Fakhri, Hsan Youssef Mehdaoui, Nada Elloumi, and Monem Kallel

CO2 Adsorption on Activated Carbon Based Olive Stone: A Comparison of Langmuir and Freundlich Models ...... 1099 Meriem Moussa, Najoua Bader, Nausika Querejeta, Inès Duràn, Covadonga Pevida, and Abdelmottaleb Ouederni Study of Oxidized Stainless Steel Thin Films Obtained by Reactive Thermal Evaporation ...... 1101 Noureddine Merakeb LCA and Cherry Tomato Production in the South of Tunisia ...... 1105 Meriem Maaoui, Rachid Boukchina, and Noureddine Hajjaji Offshore Drilling: Drilling Fluids and Additives ...... 1107 Samira Baba Hamed Response Surface Methodology Optimization of Heterogeneous Catalyst Fe2O3-Zeolite Synthesis for the Discoloration of Indigo Carmine Dye by Photo-Fenton Process...... 1109 Chamirane Moumni, Nadim Fakhfakh, Haithem Bel Hadjltaief, and Mourad Benzina Green Collaborative Vehicle Routing Problem with Environmental Concerns...... 1113 Akram Rekik, Amel Jaoua, Safa Bhar Layeb, and Jouhaina Chaouachi xxxviii Contents

Effect of Temperature, Humidity and Gas Flow on PEM Fuel Cell Performances for Environmental Applications ...... 1117 Mohamed Barbouche, Zakarya Ahmed, Khaled Charradi, Radhouane Chtourou, and Gaetano Squadrito Thermal Stability Evaluation Through the Comparison of Potassium Chloride to Potassium/Sodium Formate Fluids ...... 1119 Afshin Davarpanah and M. Mehdi Nassabeh Optical Annealing Effect on Zinc Oxide Thin Films Synthesized via Sol Gel Method as Used in Water Treatment Field ...... 1123 Soumia Haya, Ouarda Brahmia, Ouahiba Halimi, Miloud Sebais, and Boubaker Boudine Combined Process for Olive Oil Mill Wastewater Treatment Based in Flocculation, Photolysis, Microﬁltration and Microalgae Culture ...... 1127 Gassan Hodaifa, Ana Malvis Romero, Mansour Halioui, and SebastiánSánchez Rapid Analysis of Antibiotic Residues in Urban Wastewater of South Sfax WWTP by Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Quadrupole-Linear Ion Trap Tandem Mass Spectrometry ...... 1131 Malek Harrabi, Fatma Aloulou, Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz, Saulo Verela, and Boubaker Elluech Separation of Pb (II) and Cu (II) Ions by the Cloud Point Technique: Statistical Study by the Taguchi Design...... 1135 Meriem Mesli and Nasr-Eddine Belkhouche Atmospheric Emission Inventory and Modeling of VOCs in a Petroleum Site in Sfax Region ...... 1139 Sahar Masmoudi, Mohamed Jamel Rouis, and Dalila Taieb

Part VI Natural Resources: Characterization, Assessment, Management and Valorization Valorisation of Berry Pomace: From Waste to Bioactive Compounds ...... 1145 Maris Klavins, Agnese Kukela, Jorens Kviesis, and Linards Klavins Lemonene Recovery from Waste Lemon Peels with Supercritical Extraction.... 1147 Catia Giovanna Lopresto, Alessandra Meluso, Giuseppe Di Sanzo, and Vincenza Calabrò Integrating Science and Knowledge to Boost Mediterranean Traditional Products: The REALMed Pilot Study ...... 1151 Manuela Giovanetti, Jose L. Araus Ortega, Naziha Atti, Angela Augusti, Federica Camin, Casparus J. Crous, Marco Lauteri, Nives Ogrinc, Maja Podgornik, Pedro Reis, Fouad Taous, and Cristina Máguas Improving Cellulose Structure for Bioconversion: Sugarcane Bagasse Pretreatment Accompanied by Lignin Recovery and Ionic Liquid Recycle ...... 1155 Koel Saha, Jaya Sikder, Paulomi Diwedi, Ankita Ghosh, Sudip Chakraborty, Debolina Mukherjee, Stefano Curcio, and Vincenza Calabro Interactions Between Cationic Porphyrins and Standards Clays: Spectroscopic and 3D Confocal Investigations ...... 1157 Amira Lajmi, Emmanuel Joussein, Stéphanie Leroy-Lhez, Marilyne Soubrand, Claire Carrion, Matthias Monneron-Guyrits, Catherine Riou, and Mounir Medhioub Contents xxxix

Emerging Use of Plant-Based Flocculants for Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Case Study from Phosphate Clay of Metlaoui (Gafsa-Tunisia) ...... 1159 Raouen Rachdi, Feyda Srarfi, Karim Khela, and Najet Slim Shimi A New Stratigraphic Correlation for the Upper Campanian Phosphorites and Associated Rocks in Egypt and Jordan ...... 1161 Fayez Ahmad, Sherif Farouk, and Mohamed W. Abdel Moghny Analytical Characterization of Eocene Deposits for the Identification of Dolomitic-Palygorskite in Jebel Rheouis, Central Tunisia ...... 1165 Imen Saadaoui and Mabrouk Eloussaief Characterization and Valuation of Clays in the North Eastern Region ...... 1169 Hanane Ait Hmeid, Mustapha Akodad, Mourad Baghour, Mohamed El Gattafi, Abdelmajid Moumen, Asmae Aknaf, Lahcen Daoudi, and Mimoun Aalaoul Technological Characterization of Organo-beidellite for a New Insecticidal Formulation ...... 1173 Sana Ghrab, Samir Bouaziz, and Mourad Benzina Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposite Prepared from Tunisian Bentonite Clay ...... 1175 Wiem Hamza and Mourad Benzina Assessment of Seed Propagation Ability of Almond Genotypes (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb.) for a Mediterranean Environment ...... 1179 Saloua Msalmi Taoueb, Mehdi Trad, Imène Ouergui, Hana Jemai, and Messaoud Mars Methods to Estimate Water Use Efficiency (WUE) of Two Olive Tree Cultivars (Olea europaea L. cv Koroneiki and Chemlali) Under Water Restriction Conditions...... 1181 Mortadha Ben Hassine, Olfa Boussadia, Ines Moula, Mariem El Hafi, and Mohamed Braham Carotenoids-Rich Fatty Fractions Extraction from Tomato Industrial By-Products, Peels and Seeds, Using Supercritical CO2 Green Technology ...... 1183 Mouna Kehili, Ayachi Zammel, Carsten Zetzl, Irina Smirnova, Noureddine Allouche, and Sami Sayadi Tunisian Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Richness in Antioxidants and Aroma Compounds ...... 1187 Hedia Manai-Djebali, Imen Oueslati, Zeineb M’zah, Sonia Ben Temime, Mokhtar Zarrouk, and Guido Flamini Effect of Temperature and Density on Diet Training of the Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides, Lacepede, 1802) ...... 1191 Anouar Ouizgane, Fatima Zahra Majdoubi, Bahija Harzani, Sara Elghizi, Aziz Elmoujtahid, Mohammed Droussi, and Mustapha Hasnaoui The Effect of Environmental Factors on the Development of Pine Root Systems...... 1193 Slobodan B. Mickovski Phylogenetic Insights into the History of Tunisian and Iberian Cattle Using the Illumina BovineSNP50 BeadChip...... 1197 Slim Ben Jemaa, Elena Ciani, and Mekki Boussaha A Hydrodynamic Approach to Hydrocarbon Migration Analysis in the Onshore Niger Delta...... 1201 G. Ezekwesili Ene, Chidubem Emedo, and Basil Okwuolisa xl Contents

Geo-historical Review of the Mediterranean Rivers from Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation) ...... 1205 Mustafa Yilmaz, Ibrahim Yilmaz, Bayram Turgut, and Mevlut Gullu Phytosociometry, a Tool for Managing Resources and Maintaining the Sustainability of Livestock Systems in Arid Zones ...... 1209 Bouyahia Hadj, Benabdeli Kheloufi, and Nouri Tayeb Effect of Polyethylene Glycol on in Vitro Gas Production of Three Leguminous Shrubs in Algerian Arid Areas ...... 1213 Samir Medjekal, Mouloud Ghadbane, Laid Benderradji, Raoul BODAS, Hacène Bousseboua, and Secundino Lopez Essential Oil of Mentha Spicata Leaves from Algeria: Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity...... 1217 Mohammed Khiari, Zine Kechrid, A. Halbaoui, and M. Halbaoui Biodiversity, Traditional Medicine and Diabetes in North-Eastern Algeria ...... 1219 Amel Bouzabata Urban and Industrial Wastes Induced Water Pollution Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of the Kherraza Plain Aquifer (N-E Algeria) ...... 1223 Saadane Djorfi, Samir Djorfi, and Laroussi Beloulou Plants Extracts as Coagulants-Flocculants for Wastewater Treatment: A Short Review ...... 1227 Bouthaina Othmani and Moncef Khadhraoui Grapevine Prediction of End of Flowering Date ...... 1231 Matteo Gentilucci Physical and Chemical Characterization of Ampelodesmos Mauritanicus ...... 1235 May Chenah and Moussa Amrani Research of Secondary Metabolites with Non-polyenic Antifungal Activity Produced by Actinomycetes Isolated from Different Moroccan Habitats ...... 1237 Ahmed Nafis, Najoua Elhidar, Brahim Oubaha, Asma Azmani, Salam eddine Samri, Noureddine Mezrioui, Timo Niedermeyer, Lahcen Hassani, and Mustapha Barakate Screening of Insect Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Agricultural Soils, Characterization of Their Bioactive Metabolites and Study of Their Effects Against Galleria Mellonela (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) ...... 1239 Hakima Oulebsir-Mohandkaci and Farida Tihar-Benzina Acridicidal Activity of Cassia italica Butanolic Extract on Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758) ...... 1241 Abderrahmane Soudani and Abdelhamid Moussi Nitrophenol Removal from Wastewater onto Prepared Activated Carbon from Opuntia ficus-indica ...... 1245 Hanedi Elhleli, Faten Mannai, Elimame Elaloui, and Younes Moussaoui NaOH-Activated Carbon Prepared from Date Palm Petiole as Adsorbent for Indigo Carmine ...... 1247 Nisrine Khadhri, Mohamed EL Khames Saad, Elimame Elaloui, and Younes Moussaoui Protective Effects of Nigella Sativa Oil on IL-4 and Nitric Oxide Levels in a Model of Experimental Asthma in Wistar Rat ...... 1249 Taha Khaldi, Zineb Rouibah, Meriem Rouag, Mahfoud Messarah, and Amel Boumendjel Contents xli

Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) Essential Oil Growing in Djelfa (Algeria) ...... 1253 Samah Lakehal, Cherifa Chaouia, and Fatma Zohra Benrebiha Diagnosis of Biodiversity of Rhizobium Leguminosarum Nodulating Pea (Pisum Sativum L.) in Differents Soils of Tunisia ...... 1255 Amira Hachana, Imene Hemissi, Hanene Cherif, Dorsaf Hlel, Manel Bouraoui, Neila Abdi, Houda Maazaoui, Ameur Cherif, and Bouaziz Sifi Treated Olive Mill Wastewater Effects on Soil Properties and Olive Plants...... 1257 Salma Mseddi, Mohamed Zouari, Yosr Smaoui, Leila Chaari, Monem Kallel, and Nada Elloumi Ecophysiological, Nutritive and Growth Responses of Two Olive Tree Cultivars (Olea Europaea L. ‘Chemlali’ and ‘Koroneiki’) Under Salt Stress .... 1259 Olfa Boussadia, Rihem Zaabar, and Mohamed Braham Variability of Chemical and Physical Parameters and Plankton in the Rearing Ponds of Three Species of Carp-Rearing Period ...... 1261 Sana Farid, Anouar Ouizgane, Mustapha Hasnaoui, and Mohammed Droussi Extraction of Chitosan from Shrimp Shells: Effect of Deacetylation Time on the Morphological, Thermal Properties and the Value of Deacetylation Degree (DD)...... 1263 Fatima Zahra Bougueraa, Fatima Essabti, Saoussan El Mouhri, and Said Ettaqi Yogurt Enrichment with Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis): Effect of Storage on Physicochemical Parameters ...... 1267 Hajer Debbabi, Badis Boubaker, Taysir Gmati, Moncef Chouaibi, Aziza Boubaker, and Ahmed Snoussi Impact of Ploughing Techniques on Wind Erosion: Field Experiments Assessment ...... 1269 Mohamed Labiadh Volatile Compounds as Propolis Characterization Markers...... 1271 Narimane Segueni, Fatiha Khadraoui, and Salah Rhouati Effect of Interaction Between Tow Cytokinins and Tow Auxins on Alkaloidss Accumulation in Hyoscyamus Albus L...... 1275 Kenza Kadi, Sofia Hamli, Sabah Boukeria, Dounia Dib, Dalila Addad, and Abdelouahab Yahia Quality of Crop Residues Influence on the Variations of Soil Microbial Biomass (Tiaret Region -Algeria) ...... 1277 Karima Oulbachir, Nadia Bouchenafa, Fatiha Labdelli, Sabrina Ait abderrahim, and Malika Adamou-djerbaoui Spatio-Temporal Variability of the Soil Hydraulic Properties—Effect on Modelling of Water Flow and Solute Transport at Field-Scale ...... 1279 Sabri Kanzari Perceptions and Threats to Wetlands in South-Eastern Algeria: The Case of Lake Ayata ...... 1283 Fatma Demnati, Naima Madjour, Farid Allache, Anis Guelmami, and Lisa Ernoul From the Characterization, Geochemical Behavior and Health Risk Assessments of Tunisian Phosphogypsum to a Potential Way of Inerting and Valorization ...... 1287 Sonia Lazaar, Emmanuel Joussein, Soubrand Marilyne, Alexandra Courtin-Nomade, Rania Hbaieb, Matthias Monneron-Guyrits, and Mounir Medhioub xlii Contents

Assessment of Land Degradation Related to Groundwater Irrigation of Oasis Environments: (Case Study: The Zibans, Biskra, Algeria) ...... 1289 Salah Belghemmaz, Mohammed Fenni, Gabriela Mihaela Afrasinei, Yacine Louadj, and Nouara Degui Electrochemical and Surface Morphological Studies of a Carbon Steel Corrosion by Natural Product in Acidic Solution ...... 1291 Hana Ferkous, Meriem Zerroug, Manelle Radjai, Mohamed Aymen Chaouch, Zayneb jebali, and Hatem Majdoub Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Carbon Steel in 1 M HCl: A Comparative Study of Polysaccharides Extracted from Prickly Pear Nopals of Opuntia Ficus-Indica (Peel and Pulp)...... 1293 Hana Ferkous, Meriem Zerroug, Mohamed Aymen Chaouch, Manelle Radjai, Hatem Majdoub, and Abderrazak Bouzid Extraction and Characterization of Tannins Obtained from Fresh and Dried Tunisian Pomegranate Peel...... 1297 Samia Ben-Ali Methane Production from Browse Species of Algerian Arid Areas ...... 1301 Samir Medjekal, Mouloud Ghadbane, Laid Benderradji, Raoul Bodas, Hacène Bousseboua, and Secundino Lopez Adsorptive Removal of Nickel (II) Using Luffa cylindrica: Effect of NaCl Concentration on Equilibrium and Kinetic Parameters ...... 1305 Chifaa Ad, Mebrouk Djedid, Mokhtar Benalia, Asma Boudaoud, Hicham Elmsellem, and Fatiha Ben Saffedine Efﬁciency of SSR Markers to Analyze the Molecular Fingerprinting of Some Tunisian Olive Cultivars ...... 1307 Sameh Mnasri Rahmani, Olfa Saddoud Debbabi, and Ali Ferchichi Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies of Nickel Adsorption in Batch on a Red Alga Corallina Elongata...... 1311 Farida Bouremmad, Abdennour Bouchair, Shalima Shawuti, and Mehmet Ali Gulgun Valorization of Industrial Glass Debris in Road Works...... 1321 Omar Boudlal, Mohammed Khattaoui, and Saliha Belhaouci The Oued Amizour VHMS Zn-Deposit, Northeastern Algeria: Does It Have a Kuroko-Type Signature?...... 1325 Rabah Laouar, Abdelmalek Lekoui, Tayeb Bouima, Sihem Salmi-Laouar, Salah Bouhlel, and Adrian A. J. Boyce Recycling of Tunisian Phosphogypsum as Road Material: Assessment of the Mechanical and Leaching Behavior...... 1329 Raja Zmelma, Ikram Naifer, Mounir Benjdidia, and Boubaker Elleuch Heat Shock Effects on Physiological Parameters Durum Wheat Seedlings and Relationships with Stress Tolerance Indices...... 1333 Soﬁa Hamli, Mostapha Labhilili, Kenza Kadi, Dalila Addad, and Hmenna Bouzerzour An AFM Study of the Surface Propriety and Corrosion Inhibition on Carbon Steel in Acidic Media ...... 1337 Meriem Zerroug, Hana Ferkous, Manelle Radjai, Mohamed Aymen Chaouch, Anis Madaci, Hatem Majdoub, and Abderrazak Bouzid Contents xliii

Design of the Bricks Based on the Marine Sediments of Bethioua Port ...... 1341 Nasr Boudjenane, Djamila Benyerou, and Mansour Belhadri Classiﬁcation of Some Pristine Sand Deposit from Ajali Formation (Southeastern Nigeria) as Construction Aggregate and Industrial Material ...... 1345 G. Ezekwesili Ene, Chidubem Emedo, and Basil Okwuolisa Thermodynamic Analysis of an SOFC Coupled with Gas Turbine Power Plant ...... 1349 Tahar Khir, Salha Faleh, and Ammar Ben Brahim Mass Transfer During Combined Processes of Osmotic Dehydration and Blanching ...... 1353 Basma Khoualdia, Samia Benali Aoun, and Ahmed Hannachi Characterization and Assessment of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Genetic Resources in Tunisia: An Overview ...... 1355 Fateh Aljane and Awatef Essid Characterization of Three Different Sewage Sludge for Reuse in the Context of Sustainable Development in Algeria ...... 1357 Ishak Belkaid, Abdelkader Namane, Hubert Cabana, and Maamar Nakib Variability in the Response of Citrullus Colocynthis (L.) to Water Deﬁciency Stresses...... 1361 Said El Madidi, Abdelhamid Ben Moumou, and Fatiha Hakimi Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation in Carob Seeds Sorption Phenomena (Ceratonia selequa L.) ...... 1363 Zakaria Tagnamas, Heytem Moussaoui, Younes Bahammou, Mounir Kouhila, Abdelkader Lamharrar, and Ali Idlimam Metallic Contamination of Water and Sediments of “Hillil River” (North-West of Algeria) Near Wild Dump Site ...... 1367 Ouiza Ould Ali, Florence Vouvé, Fatiha Abdelmalek, Dominic Aubert, Régis Rouillon, and Ahmed Addou

N-Doping Effect on the Activity of TiO2 Supported Catalysts in Glycerol Oxidation ...... 1369 Dhia Cherni, Noomen Moussa, Mohamed Faouzi NCIB, Laura Prati, and Alberto Villa Breeding Regime of Two Accessions of Vicia Narbonensis L...... 1371 Siwar Bouabid, Lamia Jemai, and Aziza Zoghlami Khélil Optimization of Humic Acid Liquid Fertilizer Production from Lignite: Effect on Wheat and Barley Seeds Germination ...... 1375 Ines Ben Salah, Ahmed Wali, Abderrahim Choukchou-Braham, and Mohamed Ksibi Methanolic Extract of Artemisia Herba Alba as Eco-Friendly Inhibitor of Carbon Steel Corrosion in 1M HCl Media ...... 1379 Manelle Radjai, Hana Ferkous, Meriem Zerroug, Souad Djellali, Mohamed Aymen Chaouch, Bilal Hattabi, Hatem Majdoub, and Mokhtar Boutahala Tunisian Almond Shell for Efﬁcient Removal of Eriochrome Black T and Malachite Green Dyes from Aqueous Solution ...... 1383 Rim Ben Arﬁ, Sarra Karoui, Karine Mougin, and Achraf Ghorbal Geo-Environmental Information About Tunisian Cities and Coasts Within Kitab-ı Bahriye ...... 1387 Ibrahim Yilmaz and Mustafa Yilmaz xliv Contents

Valorization of Fish Processing Waste: A Microbial Perspective...... 1391 Asha Embrandiri, Parveen Fatemeh Rupani, Mohd Azrul Naim Mohamad, and Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin Growth Hormones Effect on the Regeneration of Three Wild Medicinal Plants from Algeria ...... 1395 Souad Mehalaine and Slim Bouguessa Karyotype Analysis of Echinus Medic (Medicago ciliaris L.) Populations Collected in Tunisia...... 1399 Cheima Jabri, Neila Farah Trifi, and Aziza Zoghlami Khelil Effect of the Ripening Stage on the Volatile Composition of Chétoui Virgin Olive Oil...... 1403 Imen Oueslati, Hédia Manai, Gidou Flamini, and Mokhtar Zarrouk Sprouting, an Eco-Friendly Technology for Improving Nutritional Quality of Tunisian Wheat Cultivar “Khiar” ...... 1407 Sarra Jribi, Khaled Sassi, Dorra Sfayhi, and Hajer Debbabi The Effect of the Spawning Period on the Viability of Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Eggs ...... 1409 Fatima-Zahra Majdoubi, Anouar Ouizgane, Mohammed Droussi, and Mustapha Hasnaoui Ethnobotanical Survey on the Use of Traditional Medicine for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis in Oran, Algeria ...... 1413 Abderrahmene Lardjam, Rim Mazid, Aicha Sadaoui, Safia Bensahaila, Ali Khalfa, Walid Khitri, A. Azaiz, Noureddine Djebli, and Houari Toumi Chemical Composition of Leaves and Fruits of a South Algerian Pistacia Atlantica Desf. Ecotype ...... 1415 Aicha Fetati and Aicha Lassouani Sediment Geochemistry and Weathering Indices of Asa River Sediments, Lower Niger River Basin, West Central Nigeria...... 1419 Lateef L. Kolawole, Moshood N. Tijani, Rasaq R. Owolabi, and A. Ipoola Okunola Understanding the Resilience of Mediterranean Ecosystems to Global Changes: An Overview on Applications of Stable Isotopes of Light Elements in Ecophysiological Studies...... 1423 Marco Lauteri and Maria Cristina Monteverdi A Socio-ecological Analysis of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) System in Jericho Area, Palestine ...... 1425 Giuseppe Russo, Isabella Dalla Ragione, Linda Fantinati, Carlo Simonetti, and Marco Lauteri Evolution of Earthen Pond Water Chemical and Physical Parameters in Polyculture System (Case of Nile Tilapia, Largemouth Bass, Chinese Carps) at Deroua Fisheries Station (Fkih Ben Saleh, Morocco) ...... 1429 Anouar Ouizgane, Sana Farid, Fatim Ezzahra Majdoubi, Mohammed Droussi, and Mustapha Hasnaoui Adaptation to Climate Change: The Dynamics of Production Systems in the Semi-arid Regions of Tunisia...... 1431 Amira Sansa, Jamel Ben Nasr, Ayoub Fouzai, and Mohamed Bechir Sai Phosphate Ions Sequestration Strategy by Agricultural By-Products ...... 1435 Hana Boubaker, Rim Ben Arfi, and Achraf Ghorbal Contents xlv

Study of Sludge at the Beni Messous Puriﬁcation Station (Algeria) ...... 1439 Maamar Nakib, Ahmed Kettab, Salah Karef, Salim Benziaada, Nacer M. Chabaca, Saadia Benmamar, Walid Boumalek, Hanane Bouanani, and Youcef Djillali Study of the Physicochemical Characteristics of Marine Sediments of Oran Port (Northwest Algeria) for Their Valorization ...... 1443 Asmaa Dehilis, Eddine Boudjenane Nasr, Djamila Benyerou, and Mansour Belhadri Diversity and Distribution of Fish Species in Lake Asejire, South West Nigeria ...... 1447 Mabel O. Ipinmoroti, Adams O. Iyiola, Olumuyiwa A. Akanmu, Olugbenga Orisasona, and Niyi Fawole Multi-biomarker Approach in Transplanted Donax trunculus (Mollusc, Bivalve) from the Gulf of Annaba (Algeria) ...... 1449 Amina Rabei, Hayet Beldi, and Noureddine Soltani First Record of Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) in the bay of Tunis, Tunisia (Central Mediterranean)...... 1453 Mouna Antit, Donia Kalthoumi, Marta Pola, Javier Urra, and Atf Azzouna Effect of Mineral Amendment in Gypsum and Salinity Distribution in Oasis System of South Tunisia...... 1455 Nissaf Karbout, Boujila Essiﬁ, Habib Lamourou, Mohamed Moussa, and Habib Bousnina Instant Controlled Pressure Drop Texturing for Intensifying Physicochemical Characteristics of Orange by Products ...... 1459 Ines Louati, Neila Bahloul, Karim Allaf, and Nabil Kechaou Occurrence and Bioindication of Lichens Within Oak Forests of Tunisia ...... 1463 Ridha El Mokni, Lamia Boutabia-Telailia, and Mohamed Hédi El Aouni Geotechnical and Environmental Characterization of Sediments in the Commercial Port of Sfax City, Tunisia ...... 1467 Abdelwaheb Ben Slema, Nessma Feki, and Mohamed Jamel Rouis Effectiveness Use of Olive Mill Wastewaters as Impregnator Agent for the Production of Biochars from Cypress Sawdust: Chemical Charcterization and Effects on a Plant Growth ...... 1471 Khouloud Haddad, Mejdi Jeguirim, Salah Jellali, Nicolas Thevenin, Lionel Ruidavets, and Lionel Limousy Diachronic Evolution and Spatial Changes in the Steppe Ecosystem of the Southern Region of Tlemcen (North-West of Algeria) ...... 1475 Driss Haddouche and Smina Zennouche Phosphate Sludge from Tunisian Phosphate Mines: Valorisation as Ceramics Products ...... 1479 Hajer Baccour, Hela Koubaa, and Samir Baklouti Comparison of Pollen Distribution in Surface Sediments of the Northeastern Tunisia (Ghar El Melh Lagoon) with Remotely Sensed Vegetation Data ...... 1481 Emna Gaceur, Stéphanie Desprat, Imene Rouis-Zargouni, and Nejib Kallel Development of Antibacterial Braided PET Sutures Using Chitosan—Laurus nobilis Essential Oil Emulsion ...... 1485 Nesrine Bhouri, Faten Debbabi, Mejdi Snoussi, and Saber Ben Abdessalem xlvi Contents

Part VII Intelligent Techniques in Renewable Energy (Biomass, Wind, Waste, Solar) Passive Solar Energy in Buildings ...... 1491 Shiva Teja Kacham, Jerome Wawrzon, Muhammad Mukhlesur Rahman, and Indubhushan Patnaikuni Selecting Suitable Areas for New Solar Energy Projects in the South of Algeria Using Combined GIS and MCDA Model...... 1493 Abdelghani Dokkar, Noureddine Settou, and Boubekeur Dokkar Modeling of a Forced Convection Solar Drying System by Experimental Designs ...... 1497 Haytem Moussaoui, Ahmed Aït Aghzzaf, Ali Idlimam, and Abdelkader Lamharrar Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Temperature Difference and Its Effect on the Efﬁciency in a New Solar Still System ...... 1501 Sara Ladouy and Abdelhamid Khabbazi Collector Area and Storage Tank Volume Size in the Solar Air Conditioning System: Case of Ouargla Town in Algeria ...... 1505 Yacine Marif, Mohammed Mustapha Belhadj, and Moussa Zerrouki Models for Obtaining the Daily Global Solar Radiations in Clear Sky in Sahara ...... 1509 Djelloul Benatiallah, Ali Benatiallah, Bahous Nasri, and Kada Bouchouicha Feasability Study of Evaporative Cooling Under Algerian Climate...... 1513 Leila Merabti, Ala Bouhanguel, Walid Taane, and Mohamed Abbas Simultaneous Decontamination of Seven Residual Antibiotics in Secondary Treated Efﬂuents by Solar Photo-Fenton and Solar TiO2 Catalytic Processes ... 1517 Bilel Moslah, Evroula Hapeshi, Amel Jrad, Despo Fatta-Kassinos, and Abderrazek Hedhili

Characterization of the Catalytic Glass Plates GP-TiO2 Elaborated by Heat Attachment Method: Application in the Photocatalysis ...... 1519 Abdenour Aitatmane, and Saliha Bourouina-Bacha Solar Adsorption Cooling System Study ...... 1523 Amal Bel Haj Jrad, Abdelaziz Zagnani, and Abdallah Mhimid Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Tartrazine Via Immobilized Catalyst...... 1527 Ouassila Benhabiles, Nadia Chekir, Djilali Tassalit, Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, Meriem Ghenna, Anes Abdessemed, and Rachid Issaadi Study of Pharmaceutical Pollutant Degradation in Solar Immobilized Reactor ...... 1531 Nadia Chekir, Djilali Tassalit, Ouassila Benhabiles, Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk, Sarah Mahidine, Madina Belmihoub, and Houria Habbi The Landscape of the City of Biskra in Front of Proposal Strategies of Wind and Solar Energy: Evaluation of the Quality of Energetic Landscape ...... 1535 Souad Brahimi, Boudjemea Aichour, and Soumia Bouzaher Experiences with the Borehole Heat Exchanger ...... 1539 Abdeen Omer Contents xlvii

Economic Feasibility of a Biogas System in a Small Palestinian Poultry Farm ...... 1541 Rowayda Ali and Rashed Al-Sa’ed Open Pond Culture of Green Algae Chlorella sp. Using Municipal Wastewater as Medium in an Arid Desert ...... 1545 Zinedine Omari, Djamal Zerrouki, and Mohammed Djaafri Two-Stage Culture Strategy to Enhance Both Biomass and Lipid Content of Microalgae for Biodiesel Production ...... 1549 Redouane Benhima, Hicham El Arroussi, Abdelaziz Smouni, and Najib Bendaou Alkaline Pretreatment Effect on the Production of Biogas from the Sludge of the Lagoon Station of Adrar City (Southwest of Algeria) ...... 1553 Mohamed EL-Amine Dahou and Abdelkader Touzi Sewage Sludge as Source of Energy: Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Thermochemical Conversion of Sewage Sludge via Pyrolysis ...... 1557 Aïda Ben Hassen Trabelsi, Rym Zayoud, and Kaouther Zaafouri Pyrolysis of Tunisian Date Palm Residues for the Production and Characterization of Bio-Oil, Bio-Char and Syngas ...... 1561 Gmar Bensidhom, Aïda Ben Hassen-Trabelsi, Maher Sghairoun, Koray Alper, and Ismail Trabelsi Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Variation in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) for Lignin Biosynthesis-Involved Genes ...... 1565 Bochra Amina Bahri, Guillaume Daverdin, Xiangyang Xu, Jan-Fang Cheng, Kerrie W. Barry, E. Brummer Charles, and Katrien Martha Devos Analysis of the Methanol Production Starting from SSC and Fluegas ...... 1567 Carlo Borgianni, Giuseppe Cherubini, and Martino Paolucci Biofuels and Bioenergy from Residual Biomasses: When a Waste Becomes a Resource ...... 1569 Laura Albo, Alessandra Verardi, Catia Giovanna Lopresto, Maria Francesca Policicchio, Sudip Chakraborty, Stefano Curcio, and Vincenza Calabrò Mineral Composition, Growth Performance and Yield of Pleurotus ostreatus on Rice Straw-Based Substrate Enriched with Natural Calcium Sources ...... 1573 Arianne V. Julian, Michael R. Umagat, and Renato G. Reyes Experimental Investigation of Palm Fiber Surface Treatment Effect on Thermal, Acoustical, and Mechanical Properties of a New Bio-Composite ...... 1577 Marwa Lahoui, Magali Fois, Rim Ben Arﬁ, Laurent Ibos, and Achraf Ghorbal Performance Analysis and Optimization of a Hybrid Solar Geothermal Power Plant ...... 1581 Raﬁka Maali, Tahar Khir, and Ammar Ben Brahim

Part VIII Sustainable Management of Marine Environments and Coastal Areas A Hierarchy of Models for the Numerical Modelling of the Tunisia Marine Waters ...... 1587 Ali Harzallah and Béchir Béjaoui xlviii Contents

Water Masses Exchanges Within Boughrara Lagoon-Gulf of Gabes System (Southeastern Tunisia) ...... 1589 Sana Ben Ismail, Cristèle Chevalier, Abdelfatteh Atoui, Jean-Luc Devenon, Cherif Sammari, and Marc Pagano Modeling Baroclinic Circulation off the Tunisian Coasts ...... 1591 Imen Ben Jaber, Jihene Abdennadher, and Moncef Boukthir Simulation of Hydrodynamic Behavior Using Data from Coastal Weather Stations at the Bejaia Bay, Algeria ...... 1595 Khalid Amarouche, Nour-El-Islam Bachari, and Fouzia Houma A 2350-Year Sequence of Extreme Events Revealed by Lagoonal Deposits in Northeastern Tunisia (Ghar el Melh Lagoon)...... 1599 Balkis Samah Kohila, Laurent Dezileau, Nejib Kallel, and Soumaya Boussetta Non-uniform Morphological Trend of Sheltered Microtidal Flats: Example the Gulf of Gabes, Southern Mediterranean Coast, Tunisia ...... 1603 Maher Gzam, Chadlia Ounissi, Said ben Hamed, Mona Angar, and Younes Jedoui Physical and Numerical Modeling Complementarity for an Overtopping Study of the Algerian Center Zone “The Site of the Sablettes” ...... 1607 Abd El Alim Dahmani, Fouzia Bachari, Khoudir Mezouar, and Zahia Boudouma Sedimentological Study for the Monitoring of the Sediment Transport Pattern in the Lagoon of Bizerte (Northern Tunisia) ...... 1611 Nessim Douss, Oula Amrouni, Nadia Gaaloul, Alberto Sanchez, Béchir Bejaoui, and Mohamed Moncef Serbaji Estimation of Beach Erosion Due to Future Sea Level Rise in Morocco...... 1615 Otmane Khalfaoui, Maria Snoussi, Otmane Raji, Latifa Flayou, and Sihame Kasmi Risk Analysis of Antalya Konyaalti Beach in Turkey...... 1619 Serter Kocababa, Murat Uysal, and Nizar Polat Monitoring of Coastal Erosion of Karasu Coast in Black Sea ...... 1623 Murat Uysal, Nizar Polat, and Murat Aydın Satellite Images Survey for the Identiﬁcation of the Coastal Sedimentary System Changes and Associated Vulnerability Along the Western Bay of the Gulf of Tunis (Northern Africa) ...... 1627 Abderraouf Hzami, Oula Amrouni, Gheorghe Romanescu, Cristian-Constantin Stoleriu, Mihu-Pintilie Alin, and Saâdi Abdeljaouad Assessing Coastal Flood Vulnerability and Marine Erosion Risk. Case of the Bay of Algiers ...... 1629 Farid Atroune, Mohamed Bouhmadouche, and Yacine Hemdane Valuing the Economic Costs of Beach Erosion Related to the Loss in the Tourism Industry: The Case of Tetouan Coast (Morocco) ...... 1633 Latifa Flayou, Maria Snoussi, Raji Otmane, and Otmane Khalfaoui Mathematical Model for Primary Production Within the Portuguese Coastal Zone ...... 1637 Jose Pinho, Diogo Neves, and Jose Vieira Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Primary Production and Chlorophyll Concentrations in the Algerian Basin: Application of Ocean Color ...... 1641 Romaïssa Harid, Malik Aït Kaci, Mehdia Asma Keraghel, Mohamed Zerroukı, and Fouzia Houma-Bachari Contents xlix

Salinity as a Growth-Regulating Factor of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Minutum...... 1645 Moufida Abdennadher, Amel Bellaaj Zouari, Wafa Feki Sahnoun, and Asma Hamza Swimming Behavior and Acetylcholinesterase Activity of the D-Larvae of the Mediterranean Mussel Mytilus Galloprovincialis Exposed to Copper and/or Silver at Different Temperatures ...... 1649 Khouloud Boukadida, Jérôme Cachot, Alicia Romero Ramirez, Christelle Clérandeau, and Mohamed Banni Marine Anticancer Drug Research: An Overview ...... 1651 Kartikay Pandey Preliminary Analysis of the Nador Lagoon (NE Morocco) Trophic Network with the Ecopath Model ...... 1653 Hanane Rhomad, Karima Khalil, Abdelhakd Egdadi, and Khalid Elkalay An Ecopath Model For the Management of Moroccan Fisheries...... 1655 Khalid Elkalay, Ilham Zafzafi, Hanane Rhomad, Damsiri Zainab, and Khalil Karima Spatiotemporal Variation of Physicochemical and Bacteriological Parametres for Site Selection of Finfish Cage in Souahlia Bay, Chlef (Algeria) ...... 1657 Chahinez Laama and Nour El Islem Bachari Population Dynamics of Two Lessepsian Migrant Goatfish Species; Upeneus Pori and Upeneus Moluccensis from the Southeastern Mediterranean, Port Said Region, Egypt ...... 1659 Sahar Fahmy Mehanna Diagenetic Modeling of Organic Matter Recycling in Two Eutrophicated Estuaries: Bioirrigation Effect ...... 1663 Karima Khalil, Mélanie Raimonet, Anniet Laverman, and Christophe Rabouille Long Term Survey of Dissolved Nutrient (N, P, Si) Fluxes from Seybouse and Mafragh Estuaries into Annaba Bay (NE Algeria) ...... 1665 Mahlouf Ounissi, Aicha Beya Amira, and Ahcène Haridi Organotin Pollution Along the Tunisian Coasts: Status of Imposex Before and After the Ratification of the Anti-Fouling Systems (AFS) Convention ...... 1669 Youssef Lahbib, Sami Abidli, and Najoua Trigui El Menif Application of Geochemistry to Characterize the Progressive Paleoenvironmental Changes Linked to Abrupt Warming Hyperthermal Event During the Latest Danian of Central Tunisia (Southern Tethys) and Impact on Foraminifera Fauna...... 1673 Noura Kotti, Besma Mardassi, and Jamel Abdennaceur Ouali Granulometric Analysis and Environtment of Deposits of Surface Sediments of the Marchica Lagoon (North-East of Morocco) ...... 1677 Asmae Aknaf, Mustapha Akodad, Hanane Ait Hmeid, Mostafa Layachi, Abdelhakim Mesfioui, Karim Andich, and Mourad Baghour Spatial Distribution and Pollution Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Surface Marine Sediments of the Southern Coast of Sfax, Tunisia...... 1679 Ikram Neifar, Raja Zmemla, and Boubakker Elleuch Characterization of Marine Dredged Sediment, from the Port of Kalâat Andalous (Bay of Gulf of Tunis), Tunisia ...... 1683 Oula Amrouni, Wième Ouertani, Alberto Sánchez, Lassaâd Chouba, Abdelaziz Sebei, Waleed Chmingui, and Saâdi Abdeljaouad l Contents

Kalâat Andalous Harbor Lagoon Sediments: Quality and Characteristics ...... 1685 Samia Khsiba, Oula Amrouni, Karim Ben Mustapha, Nadia Gaâloul, and Chrystelle Bancon-Montigny Trace Metals Accumulation in Surface Sediments of the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia: Usefulness of Metal Sediment Fractionation ...... 1687 Sirine Amri, Noureddine Zaaboub, and Walid Oueslati Identification of Key Issues for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Egypt ...... 1691 María Merino, Roland Garnier, Ignacio Aguirre-Ayerbe, Raúl Medina, and Mauricio González The Contribution of Endemism in Biomimetic Eco-architecture Applied to Coastal Tourist Facilities: Case of Ben M’hidi ZET in Skikda Town, Algeria ...... 1693 Saida Teraa and Meriama Bencherif Some Model Studies on Reinforced Dredged Soil for Sustainable Environment ...... 1697 Bashir Ahmed Mir, Basit Majid Shah, and Faizan Amin Shah Human Impact on the Morpho-Sedimentary Evolution on the Coastal Deltaic Zones (Case of Application: Artificial Canal of Medjerda River, Tunisa) ...... 1701 Thouraya Benmoussa, Oula Amrouni, Abderraouf Hzami, Laurent Dezileau, Gil Mahe, and Saâdi Abdeljaouad Toward a Study of Environmental Impact of Conventional Ships ...... 1705 Abdelmoula Ait Allal, Khalifa Mansouri, Mohamed Youssfi, and Mohammed Qbadou Toward a Study of Environmental and Social Impact of Autonomous Ship...... 1709 Abdelmoula Ait Allal, Khalifa Mansouri, Mohamed Youssfi, and Mohammed Qbadou Environmental Effects of Implementation of Offshore Wind Turbines Close to Coastal Communities ...... 1713 Gisele Alves and Slobodan B. Mickovski The Global Phenomena of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB): Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts ...... 1717 Leila Basti, Kiyohito Nagai, Jiyoji Go, Keita Higuchi, Sho Okano, Tatsuya Oda, Toshiyuki Suzuki, and Satoshi Nagai

Part IX Remote Sensing and GIS for Geo-environmental Investigations Finding Space to Grow Urban Hedges as a Natural Air Filter Along Pedestrian Paths: A GIS Based Investigation of Cardiff City Centre, Wales .... 1721 Muhammad Irfan, Hishiv Shah, Aleksandra Koj, and Hywel Thomas Potentially Invasive Alien Plants Surveying and Monitoring in the Agro-ecosystems of the Tunisian Sahel ...... 1723 Najla Sayari and Mounir Mekki Utilizing Remote Sensing at a Subsistence Farming Level to Explore Child Undernutrition in the Context of Climate Change ...... 1725 Raissa Sorgho, Franke Jonas, Seraphin Simboro, Sandra Barteit, and Rainer Sauerborn Modelling Bird Species Richness Using Satellite Data ...... 1729 Ibrahim Ozdemir, Ahmet Mert, Ulas Yunus Ozkan, Sengul Aksan, and Yasin Unal Contents li

Applied of Non-parametric Kriging Method to Improve Soil Salinity Map: The Case Study of the Lower Cheliff Plain, Algeria ...... 1733 Noureddine Koulla, Abdelhamid Bradaï, and Abdelkader Douaoui A Hydrogeological Information System (HISM) Design and Implementation for Groundwater Management of Monastir, Tunisia ...... 1737 Imen Hentati, Nadia Trabelsi, Ibtissem Triki, and Moncef Zairi Using Geographic Information System for Mapping Water Erosion of Wadi Sahel-Soummam Watershed’s Soils (Algeria) ...... 1741 El Hadj Mokhtari, Belkacem Merzouk, Taraq Chikhi, and Mohamed S. Hamiche Burned Area Mapping Using Single-Date Principal Component Analysis ...... 1745 Mazari Aitkaci, Ioannis Z. Gitas, Amel Alioua, and Tammam Khaddaj Use of GIS and Satellite Imagery in the Study of the Spatial Distribution of Vegetation in the Entifa Forest (High Atlas Central, Morocco)...... 1749 Mohammed Amine Slimani, Ahmed El Aboudi, Abdelmejid Rahimi, and Zahra Khalil Remote Sensing for Drought Assessment and Monitoring: A Case of Botswana ...... 1753 Sithabile Tirivarombo and Gladness Oromeng Coastline Change of the Aksehir Lake (Southwestern Turkey) Between 1984 and 2016...... 1757 Murat Uysal, Nizar Polat, and Mehmet Ali Dereli Reﬁning Surface Net Radiation Estimates in Arid and Semi-arid Climates of Iran ...... 1759 Ali-Akbar Sabziparvar, Foroogh Golkar, and William B. Rossow Multi-level Risk Analysis and Sensitivity Mapping for the Mediterranean Sea Basin—RAOP-MED Project ...... 1763 Kyriakos Ph. Prokopi, George G. Olympiou, and Costas N. Costa Land Cover Change Detection in Tunisian Oases Through MODIS Data (Products: MOD13Q1) ...... 1767 Cherine Ben Khalfallah, Dalel Ouerchefani, Khouloud Mazouzi, Eric Delaitre, and Faiza Khebour-Allouche Investigating the Morphological Changes of the Nile River from Aswan High Dam to Delta Barrages, (Egypt) Using RS/GIS ...... 1771 Abdelazim Negm, Mohamed Elsahabi, Neama Abd El-Basset, Reham El-Sayed, Shenouda Ghaly, and Kamal Ali The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS for the Mapping of Diachronic Evolution from Wetlands to the Arid Regions ...... 1775 Habib Oukba Kounta, Imed Eddine Nezli, Messaoud Hacini, and Sultan Hasan Al Sultan Vegetation Changes Detection in Gabes Oases Using EO1/Hyperion Data ...... 1779 Jouda Ben Arfa, Rim Katlane, Jean-Claude Berges, Emilie Lavie, Gerard Beltrando, Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta, and Fouad Zargouni Satellite-Derived Land Surface Temperature and Landscape Characterization of National Capital Region (NCR), India Using Multispectral and Thermal Data ...... 1783 Hoang Thi Hang, Atiqur Rahman, and Javed Mallick lii Contents

Land Use Land Cover Mapping of Borj Touil (Northern Tunisia) Irrigated District with Reclaimed Water Using Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images ...... 1787 Asma Bettaibi, Makram Anane, and Karim Ergaieg

Volcanic SO2 Conversion to Sulfate Aerosols: Impact on Nadir TIR Satellite Observations ...... 1791 Henda Guermazi, Pasquale Sellitto, Mohamed Moncef Serbaji, Bernard Legras, and Farhat Rekhiss Estimation of Dinoflagellate and Diatoms Algae in Algiers Bay from Landsat Satellite Data ...... 1795 Larbi Boufeniza Redouane, Fouzia Bachari Houma, Mohammad Alsahli, Islam el Bachari Nour, Nesrine Chekroun, Siham Boudjema, and Ghania Benm’barek Lake Nubia Sediment Capacity Estimation Based on Satellite Remotely Sensed Detected Bathymetry (Southern Egypt)...... 1797 Abdelazim M. Negm, Mohamed A. Elsahabi, and Omar Makboul Use of Remote-Sensing to the Study of Landuse Change in the Lower-Cheliff Plain (Algeria)...... 1801 Djamel-Eddine Mokhtari, Abdelkader Douaoui, Ibrahim Yahiaoui, and Hafidha Guerziz Assessment of Soil Erosion by Water Using RUSLE, Remote Sensing and GIS in Gabes Coast-Southern Tunisia: Study Case of Oued El Sourrag Watershed ...... 1805 Emna Medhioub, Moncef Bouaziz, and Samir Bouaziz Evaporation Estimation Using Landsat 8 Data and Its Contribution to Salts Dynamics in the Lower Cheliff Plain (Algeria) ...... 1807 Ibrahim Yahiaoui, Abdelkader Douaoui, Abdelhamid Bradaï, Abdelkrim Khaldi, and Fella Mokhtari Investigating Satellite Based Navigation Approach in Soil Loss Predication—Case Study of Soan Watershed, Pakistan ...... 1811 Sheikh Saeed Ahmad and Hafsa Bashir Flood Water Management in Arid Regions, Case Studies: Wadi Al Jizzi, Oman, Wadi Abu Nsheifah, Saudi Arabia, and Wadi Dhuleil, Jordan ...... 1813 Eyad Abushandi Essay of Lineaments and Mega-Fractures Identification and Their Role in the Water Upwelling and the Formation of the Sebkhats in Ouargla Basin-Algeria Sahara ...... 1815 Mohammed Hadj Kouider and Imed Eddine Nezli Change Detection and Spatial Dynamics of Land Cover Degradation in the Southeast of Aurès (Algeria) ...... 1819 Hassen Benmessaoud and Abdelhafid Bouzekri

Part X Environmental Impacts of Geo/Natural Hazards (Earthquakes, Landslides, Volcanic and Marine Hazards) Empirical Fragility Curves for Masonry Buildings in Slow-Moving Landslide-Affected Areas of Southern Italy...... 1825 Settimio Ferlisi, Gianfranco Nicodemo, and Dario Peduto Contents liii

Identification of Expansive Soils as Weathering Product of Volcanic Materials in Jatinangor Area, West Java, Indonesia...... 1829 Riyan Rizki Fauzi, R. Irvan Sophian, Dicky Muslim, Hendarmawan, and Iyan Haryanto Geospatial Approach on Landslide Susceptibility Zonation and Geo-design in Semi-arid Mountainous Watershed, Saudi Arabia ...... 1833 Javed Mallick, Hoang Thi Hang, Saiful Islam, and Roohul Abad Khan Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Analytic Hierarchy Process Method in BBA-Bouira Region, Case Study of East-West Highway, NE Algeria...... 1837 Lamri Dahoua, Savenko Viatcheslav Yakovitch, Riheb Hadji, and Zahri Farid Spatio-temporal Analysis of Ground Movement Susceptibility in the Kef Area (North West Tunisia) ...... 1841 Radhia Mansour, Nouha Brachen, and Abdesselem ElGhali Rehabilitation of a Centenary Viaduct Affected by Landslides in the City of Constantine (Algeria) ...... 1845 Abdallah Saihia Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping Using Frequency Ratio and Fuzzy Logic Approach, A Case Study National Road n°11 (Bizerte-Béja: Northern Tunisia) ...... 1849 Adel Klai, Mohamed Khaled Bouzid, Romdhane Haddad, and Mohamed Chedly Rabia Using GIS and RS for Slope Movement Susceptibility Mapping: Comparing AHP, LI and LR Methods for the Oued Mellah Basin, NE Algeria ...... 1853 Riheb Hadji, Yacine Achour, and Younes Hamed Saturated Sandy Soils Mechanical Instability Under Vibration Effect ...... 1857 Mohammed Bousmaha, Hanifi Missoum, Renaud Toussaint, and Karim Bendani Landslide Assessment and Hazard Zonation in Ebantu District of Oromia Regional State Western Ethiopia ...... 1861 Misgana Firomsa and Asmelash Abay GIS-Based Statistical Model for the Assessement of Landslide Susceptibility. (Case Study: Laalam, East Algeria)...... 1865 Safia Mokadem Impact of Landslides on Environment...... 1869 Ankit Singh, Tarun Singh, and R. Nagarajan The Role of Local Authorities in Communicating Landslide Hazard to the Orang Asli (Indigenous) Community in Cameron Highlands ...... 1873 Jamilah Ahmad and Habibah Lateh An Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting Safety Factor of a Homogenous Earth Dam ...... 1877 Messaoud Djeddou, Abdelatif Zeroual, and Ali Fourar Seismic Stability Analysis and Stabilization of an Unstable Urbanized Slope.... 1881 Mohamed Khemissa and Ahmed Seddiki New Relationship Between Fundamental Site Frequency and Thickness of Soft Sediments from Seismic Ambient Noise...... 1883 Abd el-aziz Khairy Abd el-aal liv Contents

Estimation of Site Effect Using Microtremor Technique at 15th May City, Helwan, Egypt ...... 1887 Mohammed Atef, Khalid Omar, Abdelbassit Abudeif, and Mohsen Attia Improved Crustal Structure Models in Western Part of Romania: A Step Forward to Assessment of the Seismic Risk in an Earthquake Endangered Country...... 1891 Andrei Bala, Dragos Tataru, and Bogdan Grecu Crustal Deformation Modelling by GNSS Measurements: Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey ...... 1895 İbrahim Tiryakioglu, Engin Gulal, Halil Ibrahim Solak, and Caglar Ozkaymak Current Tectonic Movements Monitoring in Aksehir-Sultandagi Fault Zone After the February 2002 (Mw: 6.2) Earthquake ...... 1899 İbrahim Tiryakioglu, Tamer Baybura, Caglar Ozkaymak, Mustafa Yılmaz, Mehmet Ali Uğur, Cemal özer Yiğit, Ahmet Anıl Dindar, Fatih Poyraz, Engin Gulal, Hasan Sözbilir, Murat Uysal, and Burak Akpınar Meeting Paraseismic Knowledge Needs of Algerian Architects ...... 1903 Mohammed Benabdelfattah, Youcef Kehila, and Abdelkrim Makhlouﬁ Extreme Flood Events Reconstruction Spanning the Last Century in the El Bibane Lagoon (Southeast of Tunisia) ...... 1907 Aida Affouri, Laurent Dezileau, and Nejib Kallel Modeling and Quantiﬁcation of Hydro-Sedimentary Flow of Risk Areas in the Catchment of Wadi Chemorah, Wilaya of Batna, Algeria ...... 1911 Faiza Balla, Nabil Kabouche, and Kamel Khanchoul Analysis of Hydrosedimentary Indicators for the Study of Coastal Erosion: Case of Bejaia Coast (Algeria) ...... 1913 Mohamed Bouhmadouche, Yacine Hemdane, and Farid Atroune Quick Urban Flood Risk Assessment in Arid Environment Using HECRAS and Dam Break Theory: Case Study of Daghbag Dam in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ...... 1917 Amro Elfeki, Anis Al-Shabani, Jarbou Bahrawi, and Saeed Alzahrani Tsunami Evacuation Planning: Application to an Extreme Event in the Western Mediterranean Sea...... 1921 Ignacio Aguirre-Ayerbe, Íñigo Aniel-Quiroga, and Mauricio González Environmental Impact Assessment of Dairut Power Plant Project, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt ...... 1923 Mohamed Said Abbas

Part XI Environmental Health Sciences (Natural and Social Impacts on Human Health) Human Fibrosarcoma Targetting Integrins with Cucurbitacin B Puriﬁed from Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich...... 1929 Imen Touihri-Barakati, Olfa Kallech-Ziri, Wiem Ayadi, Karim Hosni, and José Luis Helminths in the Digestive Tract of Chickens in the Region of Sidi Aissa (Algeria) ...... 1931 Ahlem Guerzou, Ilham Sahki-Benabbes, Samiha Ouahabi, Samira Allali, and Salaheddine Doumandji Contents lv

Extended- Spectrum Beta-lactamases- Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from a River Water Receiving an Effluent Treatment Plant ...... 1933 Abdelbasset Mechai, Manel Debabza, Hafiza Sedira, Sabrina Fadeleddine, and Abdelouaheb Mechai In Vitro Activity of Antifungal Combinations Against Planktonic Cells of C. albicans Isolated from Medical Devices at the University Hospital Center of Tlemcen (Algeria) ...... 1935 Hidaya Fatima Zohra Touil, Kebir Boucherit, Zahia Boucherit-Othmani, and Feriel Benmansour Phenotypic Characterization of Gram Negative Bacilli Strains Isolated from Dry Sludge of a Wastewater Treatment Plant ...... 1937 Manel Debabza, Abdelbasset Mechai, Meriem Difallah, Hadjer Halaimia, and Abdelouaheb Mechai Study of the Phytosanitary Products and Livestock Growth Hormones Impact on Tunisian Consumer Health...... 1939 Meriem Salah, Sonia Boudiche, Sameh Amara, and Salwa Bornaz Evaluation of the Anti-bacterial Activity of Thyme (Thymus Vulgaris) and Rosemary (Romarinus Officinalis) Essential Oils on Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ...... 1941 Souad Djeghboub, Mustapha Oumouna, and Noureddine Benyahia The New Epidemiological Challenges of the Tunisian School: Are We Ready? ...... 1943 Foued Maaoui, Imen Moumni, and Lasaad Mouelhi Epidemiological and Climate Impact on the Distribution of Leishmaniasis in the Middle Eastern Part of Algeria ...... 1945 Samir Zeroual, Randa Gaouaoui, Maroua Cherfeddine, and Hamid Boudjelida The Effects of Global Warming on Cardio-Respiratory System ...... 1949 Areti Tsaloglidou, Konstantinos Koukourikos, Ioanna Papathanasiou, Despoina Koutsochristou, Paraskevi Dalagozi, and Lambrini Kourkouta Perceived Neighborhood Environment and Adults Health in Three Tunisian Cities...... 1953 Khaled Hassine The Impact of Pesticides on Health ...... 1957 Lambrini Kourkouta, Alexandros Monios, Christos Iliadis, Paraskevi Dalagkozi, Petros Ouzounakis, and Ioanna Papathanasiou Cognitive Approaches to Architectural Conception: An Aid Tool for Therapy of People with Depression, Case of the Inhabitants of the Old Town of Annaba, Algeria ...... 1961 Talantikite Soundouss Ismahane and Chaouche Salah Breast Cancer: Hereditary, Dietary and Environmental Risk Factors ...... 1965 Salima Taleb, Meriem Soualhia, and Siwar Rouabhia Air Pollution Effects on Health in Kenitra, Northern Morocco ...... 1971 Rachida El Morabet, Mohamed Aneflouss, and Said Mouak lvi Contents

Impact of Climate Parameters on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Children During a 13-Year Surveillance Period ...... 1975 Ines Brini, Naila Hannachi, Muhammad Ijaz, Manel Marzouk, Asma Ferjeni, Jihene Bouguila, Sonia Nouri Merchaoui, Lamia Boughamoura, Hassen Sboui, and Jalel Boukadida Environmental Impacts and Cost of Degradation-Remediation of Air Pollution and Noise Pollution of the Urban Community of Fez (Morocco)...... 1979 Bassma Antouh and Mostafa El Qandil Poisoning by Dangerous Gases...... 1981 Christos Iliadis, Alexandros Monios, Areti Tsaloglidou, Konstantinos Koukourikos, Eikaterini Georgoudi, and Lambrini Kourkouta The Effects of Exposure of Health Care Professionals to Volatile Anesthetic Gases ...... 1985 Paraskevi Dalagkozi, Ilias Bogiatzis, Christos Iliadis, Areti Tsaloglidou, Fotini Balaura, and Lambrini Kourkouta Allergy to Mites, Sensitivity to Tropical Species in Two Regions in Algeria...... 1987 Sadjia Lahiani and Moreno Galleni Blood Cr and Ni in Bladder Cancer and Prostate Adenoma Patients ...... 1989 Molka Feki-Tounsi, Pablo Olmedo, Fernando Gil, Mohamed-Nabil Mhiri, Ahmed Rebai, and Amel Hamza-Chaffai Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Human Adipose Tissue from Northern Tunisia: Current Extent of Contamination and Contributions of Socio-demographic Characteristics and Dietary Habits ...... 1993 Amani Achour, Abdelkader Derouiche, Mohsen Sakly, Khémais Ben Rhouma, and Olfa Tebourbi Speciation, Oral Bioaccessibility and Health Risk Assessments of Cd, Pb and Zn in Agricultural Soils Contaminated by Mine Tailings in a Mediterranean Environment...... 1997 Hbaieb Rania, Soubrand Marilyne, Joussein Emmanuel, and Medhioub Mounir Determination of Mercury in Human Blood and Hair Samples from the People Living Environment Adjacent to Petrochemical Industry Zone in Libya...... 1999 Adel A. S. Banana, Efaq Noman, Adel Al-Gheethi, Radin Mohamed, Amir M. K. Hashim, and Yousef Aribi Hassairi Assessment of Radiological Hazards Associated with Using Pumice Samples as Building Materials in Turkey ...... 2003 Şeref Turhan Ecological Survey of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Environmental Media: An Insight into Public Health Protection ...... 2005 Victor Eshu Okpashi, David Mbu Akpo, Juliet Nwamaka Ozioko, and Chigoziri Akudo Osuji Dapagliﬂozin Inﬂuence on the Clinical Course of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Essential Hypertension in Patients ...... 2007 Natalia Hrigorivna Virstyuk and Aloysius Obinna Ikwuka Corticotropic and Fecondity Responses of Footshocked Pregnant Female Rats Treated with Harmine...... 2009 Rima Benatoui, Djouini Amina, Bairi Abdelmadjid, and Tahraoui Abdelkrim Contents lvii

Chemical Risk Assessment Approaches Regarding Human Health and the Environment ...... 2011 Anahit V. Aleksandryan and Vahagn Kh. Khachatryan Risk Assessment at Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants: Human Health and the Environment ...... 2015 Anahit V. Aleksandryan and Artak V. Khachatryan Qualitative Study on the Management of Chemicals at Research Laboratories at Casablanca Medecine and Pharmacy Faculty (Morocco)...... 2019 Hajar Housni, Meriem Amri, Nadia Jouti Tahiri, and Mohamed Tahiri Heavy Metals’ Assessment in Environments Adjacent to Petrochemical Industry Zone in Libya...... 2021 Adel A. S. Banana, Efaq Noman, Adel Al-Gheethi, Radin Mohamed, and Amir MK Hashim Erratum to: Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions ...... E1 Amjad Kallel, Mohamed Ksibi, Hamed Ben Dhia, and Nabil Khéliﬁ About the Editors

Dr. Amjad Kallel holds a B.Eng. in Georesources and Environ- ment (1998) from the University of Sfax (Tunisia) and an M.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. degree in Georesources and Environment (2004) from Hokkaido University (Japan). He joined Venture Business Laboratory (VBL) at Akita University, Japan (2005– 2006) as a researcher focusing on reﬁning and recycling technologies for the recovery of rare elements from natural and secondary sources. Back in Tunisia, he worked at the University of Gabes from 2006 to 2011, where he contributed to the elaboration of teaching programs at the Higher Institute of Water Sciences and Technologies of Gabes. Since 2011, he has been lecturing at the Sfax National School of Engineering (University of Sfax, Tunisia). There, he has also been involved in various research projects related to Environmental Geology and Environmental Geotechnics. In 2017, he has gained his Habilitation (HDR) in Environmental Sciences from the University of Sfax, Tunisia. Dr. Kallel has organized many prestigious workshops, seminars, and international conferences. In 2016, Dr. Kallel joined the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer) as an Assistant Editor supporting the Editor-in-Chief. Currently, he is supporting the editorial board of the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (Springer).

Dr. Mohamed Ksibi obtained his M.Sc. (1989) and Ph.D. (1993) degrees in Applied Chemistry from the University of Poitiers, France. He also gained the Habilitation (HDR) in Chemistry from the University of Sfax, Tunisia (2003). After- ward, he received a 1-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the National Institute of Scientiﬁc and Technical Research (Tunisia, 1995) and then was appointed as an Adjunct Professor in Chemistry (1996), Assistant Professor (1999), Associate Profes- sor (2004), and as a full Professor of Chemistry (2009) at the University of Sfax, Tunisia. In 2011, he became Director of the High Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Sfax. His research focuses on chemicals in the environment, water and wastewater treatment and reuse. He developed new methods for toxicity assessment of water containing various pollutants (dyes,

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phenolic and pharmaceutical compounds, pulp and paper mills pollute water, domestic wastewater, etc.) after applying different wastewater treatment techniques. He has copublished about 60 papers in indexed journals. He has been involved in establishing several joint scientiﬁc projects with Moroccan, Portuguese, Ger- man, and Japanese scientists aiming at studying the quantiﬁcation and risk assessment of emerging organic contaminants and heavy metals in soil and surface waters in Tunisia. Most recently, he has been participating in the NATO-SfP project “Remediation Pro- cesses in Uranium and other Mining Explorations”.

Dr. Hamed Ben Dhia is currently Professor Emeritus in the Sfax National School of Engineering (University of Sfax, Tunisia). He trained in Tunisia and then in France where he graduated and obtained his Ph.D. in Geothermal Energy and Aquifers Modeling from the Faculty of Sciences, Bordeaux and the Mining School of Paris. His working career started from Libya in the sector of water research within the Saharan region (1973–1974), continued in Morocco with the National Phosphate Company (1975–1978), and ended in Tunisia as a lecturer/professor at the University of Sfax (1979–2012). Dr. Ben Dhia has been active in several research projects focusing on Hydrogeology, Geothermal Energy, Environmental Sciences, and Engineering Geology. He has copublished more than 180 papers at national and international journals. Furthermore, he supervised and successfully handled about 50 master and 30 doctoral theses. Dr. Ben Dhia was also appointed as Head of the Earth Science Department (1982–1986) and Director (1993–1997) of the National School of Engineers of Sfax, and President (Rector) of the University of Sfax (1997– 2011). This long career permitted him to acquire solid skills and expertise in several ﬁelds such as Natural Resources, Green Growth, University Management, and Entrepreneurship Learning/Coaching.

Dr. Nabil Khéliﬁ holds a B.Sc. in Natural Sciences (2001) and an M.Sc. in Earth & Environmental Sciences (2004) from the University of Sfax (Tunisia). He received fellowships from the global change System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) in 2005 and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) from 2006 to 2010 to continue with his Ph.D. studies in Marine Geosciences (specialty: Paleo-oceanography and Paleo- climatology) at the University of Kiel in Germany. After com- pleting his Ph.D. in 2010, Dr. Khéliﬁ received a postdoctoral research grant from the German Science Foundation (DFG) to pursue his self-designed research projects at the GEOMAR Ocean Research Centre in Kiel, Germany, which involved reconstructing past changes in oceanography and climate in the North Atlantic About the Editors lxi

and the Mediterranean Sea using marine sediment samples retrieved by the International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and applying foraminiferal and geochemical proxy methods. He subsequently published his research findings in prominent scientific journals. Dr. Khélifi also received funding from the European Science Foundation (ESF) and some European uni- versities to co-organize with colleagues from Kiel, Bordeaux, and Bristol two workshops on Pliocene climate in Bordeaux, France (2009) and Bristol, UK (2013). In early 2014, he received the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (SGES) to continue with his research projects at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. Although his interest in scientific research remained strong, in March 2014 he decided to pursue his career as a Senior Pub- lishing Editor with Springer (a part of Springer Nature) in Hei- delberg, Germany. He is mainly responsible for developing Springer’s publishing program in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA). The program currently consists of developing 18 academic journals from the Arab World and publishing numerous scientific books each year. Dr. Khélifi also helps researchers in MENA countries publish their work by delivering educational seminars for authors, reviewers, and journal editors to help improve their publication output and quality. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Carthage, Tunisia and King Saud University, KSA, where he offers M.Sc./Ph.D. courses on geo-communication/presentations and techniques for publishing papers, and career professional development workshops. Most recently, Dr. Khélifi was awarded the 2016 Africa Green Future Leadership Award in recognition of work contributing to sustainable development by advancing science and promoting publications in Africa and the Middle East. In 2017, Dr. Khélifi launched the first Springer conference dedicated to promoting the Euro-Mediterranean integration process, stressing the vulnerability and need for proactive remediation of the Euro- Mediterranean environment.