Linking testate amoeba assemblages to paleohydrology and ecosystem function in Holocene peat records from the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada

D Bysouth, SA Finkelstein - The Holocene, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Peat cores from boreal bog and fen sites in the Hudson Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario,
Canada, were analysed to calculate Holocene carbon accumulation rates, and to show how …

Holocene carbon storage and testate amoeba community structure in treed peatlands of the western Hudson Bay Lowlands margin, Canada

MA Davies, JW Mclaughlin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL) stores a significant proportion of the northern
peatland carbon pool, and constraints on the factors controlling local‐scale variation are …

Testate amoeba records indicate regional 20th‐century lowering of water tables in ombrotrophic peatlands in central‐northern Alberta, Canada

S van Bellen, G Magnan, L Davies… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Testate amoebae are abundant in the surface layers of northern peatlands. Analysis of their
fossilized shell (test) assemblages allows for reconstructions of local water‐table depths …

Testate amoebae as indicators of hydroseral change: an 8500 year record from Mer Bleue Bog, eastern Ontario, Canada

SM Elliott, HM Roe, RT Patterson - Quaternary International, 2012 - Elsevier
Testate amoebae have been used widely as a proxy of hydrological change in ombrotrophic
peatlands, although their response to abiotic controls in other types of mire and fenland …

Long-term successional changes in peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada inferred from the ecological dynamics of multiple proxies

KE Hargan, KM Rühland, AM Paterson… - The …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Peatlands in northern Ontario, Canada, archive multiple biological indicators, including
macrofossils, algae, testate amoebae, and pollen. These proxies can provide insights …

Re-assessing the vertical distribution of testate amoeba communities in surface peats: implications for palaeohydrological studies

HM Roe, SM Elliott, RT Patterson - European Journal of Protistology, 2017 - Elsevier
Testate amoeba-derived transfer functions are frequently used in peatland
palaeohydrological studies and involve the development of training sets from surficial peats …

Environmental associations and the paleoecological significance of the genus Pyxidicula Ehrenberg,1838 and Pyxidicula muskegii sp. nov. in the Hudson and …

MA Davies, J Bollmann, MJ Amesbury… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
An environmental proxy routinely used in paleoecological studies of peatlands is testate
amoebae, which are used to infer successional and hydrological shifts through time …

Holocene changes in climate and land use drove shifts in the diversity of testate amoebae in a subalpine pond

F Oris, M Lamentowicz, A Genries, B Mourier… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Testate amoebae that inhabit peat are sensitive indicators of water table position. In this
study, we used testate amoebae in sediments from a mire in the western Alps (Lac du Thyl) …

Testate amoebae as paleoindicators of surface-moisture changes on Michigan peatlands: modern ecology and hydrological calibration

RK Booth - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2002 - Springer
Peatland testate amoebae are sensitive indicators of local hydrology and have been used
as proxies for surface moisture conditions in fossil studies. However, few regional calibration …

Functional traits as a new approach for interpreting testate amoeba palaeo-records in peatlands and assessing the causes and consequences of past changes in …

B Fournier, E Lara, VEJ Jassey… - The Holocene, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Subfossil remains of various groups of organisms preserved in peat and sediment archives
are commonly used to infer past environmental changes using transfer functions based on …