Testate amoebae are micro-organisms characterized by an agglutinated or autogenous
shell enclosing the cytoplasm. Testate amoebae have been widely proposed as valuable …

Abstract The middle Yangtze Reach is one of the most developed regions of China. As a
result, most lakes in this area have suffered from eutrophication and serious environmental …

Testate amoebae are an irreplaceable key component of microbial communities in many
aquatic and soil ecosystems and well known as useful bioindicators. In the present work …

Freshwater microbial diversity is subject to multiple stressors in the Anthropocene epoch.
However, the effects of climate changes and human activities on freshwater protozoa remain …

Knowledge of the effect of geographic factors on the assemblages of protozoan testate
amoebae is still limited, despite there having been a number of studies on this fauna. We …

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 …

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 …

Testate amoebae from a large fen peatland of China were investigated in August 2009.
Thirty-six testate amoebae species belonging to 16 genera and one rotifer were identified …

The testate amoebae from nine major lakes in the Yunnan Plateau, southwest China were
investigated from August to October 2003. Ninety-four species and subspecies belonging to …

We investigated the response of lacustrine testate amoeba communities to 20th century
environmental changes in Lake Zhangdu, China. The lake and surrounding region have …