We investigated the utility of foraminifera, testate amoebae and bulk-sediment δ 13 C
measurements for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level from sequences of salt-marsh …

Arcellinida (lobose testate amoebae) are abundant and diverse in many ecosystems,
especially in moist to aquatic environments. Molecular phylogeny has shown that overall test …

Many peatlands are exposed to intermittent burning but the implications of this burning for
microbial communities have been little-studied. Here we consider the impacts of burning on …

Ab stract We pres ent the last mil len nium of his tory of a peatland lo cated in north ern Po
land. Our re sults are based on two rep licate mono liths taken from a Bal tic raised bog. We …

New Zealand (NZ) is a well-known hotspot of biodiversity and endemism for macroscopic
organisms, but its microbial diversity is comparatively poorly documented. We assembled all …

Eukaryotic microbial diversity is known to be extensive but remains largely undescribed and
uncharted. While much of this unknown diversity is composed of inconspicuous flagellates …

Foraminifera and testate amoebae are jointly used with sediment characteristics (sediment
size, calcium carbonate, C, H, N and S proportions, and clay mineralogy) to reconstruct the …

We present the results of an initial investigation into the efficacy of using testate amoebae for
the discrimination of soils from wet ground and puddles, as little attention has been given to …

Microorganisms are the most ancient cells on this planet and they include key phyla for
understanding cell evolution and Earth history, but, unfortunately, their microbial records are …

Peatlands across the United Kingdom and Europe represent an important source of
palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatological data for the Holocene time period. Here we …