Testate amoebae are widely distributed in natural ecosystems and play an important role in
the material cycle and energy flow. However, community assembly of testate amoebae is not …

Understanding the extent of human activities leading to an influx of chemical pollutants that
cause substantial environmental transformations is the focus of much ongoing research. In …

Free-living amoebae are widespread in freshwater ecosystems. Although many studies
have investigated changes in their communities across space, the temporal variability and …

Testate amoebae are unicellular organisms characterized by a shell-like test. Due to their
potential use as bioindicators (and paleoindicators), these organisms have been …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Functional diversity is among the main components of biodiversity, by quantifying the
characteristics of organisms and by investigating which assembly processes prevail in the …

Understanding the environmental factors that control community structure has become a
major focus of ecological research in recent decades. Here, we aimed to analyze the …