Biomonitoring tool for New Zealand peatlands: Testate amoebae and vascular plants as promising bioindicators

MM McKeown, OR Burge, SJ Richardson… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last two centuries, a high proportion of peatlands have been lost or severely degraded
across the world. The value of peatlands is now well-recognised for biodiversity …

Stratigraphic and sedimentological aspects of the worldwide distribution of Apectodinium in Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum deposits

CN Denison - 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is characterized by pronounced
global warming and associated environmental changes. In the more-or-less two decades …

[HTML][HTML] 黑龙江流域湿地过去百年水位变化历史及驱动机制

鲍锟山, 邢伟, 宋理洪, 李鸿凯, 刘汉向, 王国平 - 第四纪研究, 2018 - html.rhhz.net
在黑龙江流域上游图强, 中游友好和下游洪河湿地采集3 个典型泥炭剖面, 基于210 Pb/137 Cs
法建立剖面年代学框架, 利用有壳变形虫指标, 借助转换函数法定量重建人类世以来流域湿地 …

[HTML][HTML] Climate and human impacts inferred from a 1500-year multi-proxy record of an alpine peatland in the South-Eastern Alps

I Fracasso, A Dinella, F Giammarchi, N Marinchel… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last decades, climate and human activities significantly affected ecosystems,
particularly in mountain areas. Whereas the Alps have been extensively studied for …

Plant assemblages-based quantitative reconstruction of past mire surface wetness: A case study in the Changbai Mountains region, Northeast China

Q Yang, H Li, H Zhao, FM Chambers, Z Bu, E Bai, G Xu - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantitative relationships between mire plant assemblages and environmental variables
have been investigated widely in Europe and North America, but hitherto insufficiently …

Recent hummock establishment in the margin of a subarctic fen, Finnish Lapland

O Kuuri‐Riutta, E Pilkama, S Salminen‐Paatero… - Boreas, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Northern fens, that host unique biota and form a remarkable carbon stock, are sensitive to
changes in the moisture balance and, therefore, may be strongly affected by climatic …

[HTML][HTML] Kettle-hole peatlands as carbon hot spots: Unveiling controls of carbon accumulation rates during the last two millennia

M Karpińska-Kołaczek, P Kołaczek, K Marcisz, M Gałka… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding carbon sequestration patterns in time and space is crucial for models and
future projections of carbon uptake. However, their past provides an insight to this …

[HTML][HTML] Refining the palaeoecology of lacustrine testate amoebae: insights from a plant macrofossil record from a eutrophic Scottish lake

SV Prentice, HM Roe, H Bennion, CD Sayer… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Arcellinida (lobose testate amoebae) preserve well in lake sediments and have shown great
potential as palaeolimnological indicators, but a limited understanding of their ecology …

Assessing the ecological value of small testate amoebae (< 45 μm) in New Zealand peatlands

MM McKeown, JM Wilmshurst, C Duckert… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Methodological advances are essential for robust ecological research. Quantitative
reconstructions of environmental conditions using testate amoebae rely on sound taxonomy …

Ecology and paleoenvironmental application of testate amoebae in peatlands of the high-elevation Colombian páramo

B Liu, RK Booth, J Escobar, Z Wei, BW Bird… - Quaternary …, 2019 - cambridge.org
We investigated the ecology and paleoecology of testate amoebae in peatlands of the
Colombian páramo to assess the use of testate amoebae as paleoenvironmental indicators …