There is a significant gap in research and knowledge on the diversity and distribution of
Chilean ciliates. To tackle these issues, we used cultures and protargol preparations to …

Bringing together more than 170 years of data, this study represents the first attempt to
construct a species checklist and analyze the diversity and distribution of testate amoebae in …

Aim To assess the largely neglected patterns and causes of latitudinal diversity gradients in
soil protists, using South American testate amoebae as model organisms. Location South …

Aim Our aims were to compare the composition of testate amoeba (TA) communities from
Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Archipelago, which are likely in existence only as a result of …

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

Arid shrublands are spatially heterogeneous environments composed of shrubs patches
surrounded by a matrix of bare soil. In this biome, bare soils harbor fewer protist species …

Abstract Cryptotephra (particles< 125 μm) is a key record for monitoring past and current
volcanic activity. However, its extraction from the host sediment and analysis is often long …

Precise and sufficiently detailed morphological taxonomy is vital in biology, for example in
the accurate interpretation of ecological and palaeoecological datasets, especially in polar …

Testate amoebae are a polyphyletic group of ubiquitous unicellular eukaryotic micro-
organisms. They occur in high abundances in freshwater and terrestrial habitats, where they …

We report here the first findings of testate amoebae at high southern latitudes (54° S) from
four gravity cores recovered in the Lago Fagnano (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), where …