Ecology of testate amoebae (Protozoa) in two Lake Superior coastal wetlands: implications for paleoecology and environmental monitoring

RK Booth - Wetlands, 2001 - Springer
testate amoeba assemblages as paleoenvironmental and environmental indicators in two
LakeTestate amoeba assemblages from 74 microsites were compared with percent moisture, …

Testate amoeba functional traits and their use in paleoecology

K Marcisz, VEJ Jassey, A Kosakyan… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… As such, testate amoeba functional traits in lake sediment and peat records constitute …
species are characterized by smaller apertures, which may reduce desiccation, but because the …

Testate amoebae as ecological and palaeohydrological indicators in peatlands-the Polish experience

M Lamentowicz, EAD Mitchell - … : Monitoring, Modelling and …, 2007 - api.taylorfrancis.com
testate amoebae produce many generations. When conditions become less favourable,(eg
winter or temporary desiccation in … Testate amoebae remains were rare in the early, lake and …

First ecological analysis of lacustrine testate amoebae in Guatemala: A case study from the highland Lake Chichoj.

AE Rodas-Morán, C Avendaño, I Sigala… - Journal of …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
… Our study at Lake Chichoj demonstrates the utility of testate amoebae as bioindicators of
water quality in a highland tropical region, which is an initial step to further the exploration of …

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
… of testate amoebae, … testate amoeba presence. Age–depth models showed the cores each
covered at least the last ~315 years, with some spanning the last millennium. Testate amoeba

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 … ’ testate amoeba
samples as analogues for the peatland surface. This paper presents contiguous testate amoeba

Laboratory experiments on testate amoebae preservation in peats: implications for palaeoecology and future studies

R Payne - Acta Protozoologica, 2007 - dspace.stir.ac.uk
… The experiments in this study suggest the sensitivity of tests to acidity and desiccation.
However these initial experiments only go a limited way towards resolving the controls on test …

Ecology of testate amoebae in a North Carolina pocosin and their potential use as environmental and paleoenvironmental indicators

RK Booth, ME Sullivan, VA Sousa - Ecoscience, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… Communities from Area F, where we sampled very dry substrates including desiccated
Ecology of testate amoebae in two Lake Superior coastal wetlands: Implications for paleoecology …

[PDF][PDF] Testate amoebae (thecamoebians) as indicators of aquatic mine impact

S Kihlman - 2012 - utupub.fi
Testate amoebae (thecamoebian) analysis was used together with lake sediment …
appearing as an increased clastic input into the lakes at Haveri and Pyhäsalmi. The active mining …

A near‐annual palaeohydrological study based on testate amoebae from a sub‐alpine mire: surface wetness and the role of climate during the instrumental period

M Lamentowicz, W Van Der Knaap… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… studies using testate amoebae have been based on Sphagnum mires. Testate amoebae are
… Effect of water level on desiccation of Sphagnum in relation to surrounding Sphagna. Oikos …