Ain Zayanah

Ain Zayanah is a protected area of Libya.[1] It has an area of 500 hectares, and covers the Ayn Zayanah lagoon and a portion of the coast 15 km northeast of Benghazi. It is a component of the Benghazi Nature Reserve.[2]

In the Ain Zayanah lagoon there is a large representation of macroinvertebrates.[3]

The various species of fish, amphipods, isopods, cladocerans, copepods and molluscs mainly represent the animal world in the Ain Zayanah lagoon.[4]

References
  1. "Parks, Reserves, and Other Protected Areas in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya". Parks.it. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. "Benghazi". Sites - Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA's). Birdlife International. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. "Taxonomical study on macroinvertebrates in Ain- Zayanah lagoon".
  4. "An ecological approach to ain zayanah lagoon, banghazi, libya". www.envirobiotechjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.


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