Environmental implications of the modern testate amoebae in the peatlands in Changbai Mountains

H Li, Z Bu, S Wang, Z An, H Zhao - Quaternary Sciences, 2009 - dsjyj.com.cn
Testate amoebae are unicellular organisms living in soils, wetlands and aquatic habitats
which produce decayresistant shells (tests). They are especially diverse and abundant in …

Ecology of testate amoebae in Dajiuhu peatland of Shennongjia Mountains, China, in relation to hydrology

Y Qin, RJ Payne, Y Gu, X Huang, H Wang - Frontiers of Earth Science, 2012 - Springer
This study investigates the testate amoeba communities of a large peatland in Central
China. The ecology and seasonal variability of testate amoeba communities were studied …

Response of testate amoebae community to water chemistry in peatlands near the middle reach of Yangtze River

Y Qin, H Wang, Q Zhang, S Zhang, K Tan… - Quaternary …, 2013 - dsjyj.com.cn
The rare distributions of peatlands near the middle reach of Yangtze River are important for
their biodiversity, local ecological safety, climate change, hydrology and as historical …

Ecology of testate amoebae and their potential use as palaeohydrologic indicators from peatland in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China

L Song, H Li, K Wang, D Wu, H Wu - Frontiers of earth science, 2014 - Springer
Testate amoebae are sensitive indicators of substrate moisture in peatlands. Over the last
decades, they have been studied to reconstruct hydrological changes since the Holocene …

The quantitative reconstruction of the paleo-water table of Luoguhe peatland in Daxing'anling Mountains based on testate amoebae assemblages

S Li, H Li, S Wang, S Wang, X Liu - Quaternary Sciences, 2017 - dsjyj.com.cn
Testate amoebae are a group of single-celled protists found in abundance on the surface of
peatlands and form a well-preserved shell (test) in Holocene peats. They have been …

Ecology of testate amoebae in peatlands of central China and development of a transfer function for paleohydrological reconstruction

Y Qin, EAD Mitchell, M Lamentowicz, RJ Payne… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Testate amoebae are a diverse and abundant group of protozoa that constitute a large
proportion of biomass in many ecosystems and probably fill important roles in ecosystem …

Diversity, distribution and biogeography of testate amoebae in China: implications for ecological studies in Asia

Y Qin, S Xie, HG Smith, GT Swindles, Y Gu - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Testate amoebae are a group of shelled protozoa that occur in high density populations in
wet environments. More than 1900 testate amoebae species or subspecies have been …

Morphological variation and habitat selection of testate amoebae in Dajiuhu peatland, Central China

Y Qin, J Wang, S Xie, X Huang, H Yang… - Journal of Earth …, 2010 - search.proquest.com
Testate amoebae are an important group of protozoans with an organic shell composed of
either synthesized idiosomes or external xenosomes and are found worldwide in freshwater …

Testate amoebae analysis in ecological and paleoecological studies of wetlands: past, present and future

EAD Mitchell, DJ Charman, BG Warner - Biodiversity and conservation, 2008 - Springer
Testate amoebae are an abundant and diverse polyphyletic group of shelled protozoa living
in aquatic to moist habitats ranging from estuaries to lakes, rivers, wetlands, soils, litter, and …

An Excellent Indicator for Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions—Advances in the Study of Testate Amoebae (Thecamoebians, Arcellacean)

Y Qin, S Xie, Y Gu, J Wang, X Zhou - Advances in Earth Science, 2008 - adearth.ac.cn
Testate amoebae (Thecamoebians, Arcellacean) are a kind of worldwide distributed
rhizopoda protozoan, which are living in wet and freshwater environments. Due to their …