Background Agricultural food production is at the base of food and fodder, with fertilization
having fundamentally and continuously increased crop yield over the last decades. The …

The ecosystem services provided by freshwater zooplankton community (viz., rotifera,
cladocera, copepoda and ostracoda) are very much significant and valuable. By feeding on …

In ice-wedge polygon mires, small-scaled microrelief of ridges enclosing small depressions
results in a short-distance vegetation mosaic. The correct recognition of these landscape …

The testate amoeba, ciliate and rotifera communities living in interstitial waters in peatbog in
eastern Poland were studied. Sampling was done on a monthly basis from April to …

Background Pseudodiaptomus annandalei is an estuarine species and being cultured as
live feed for grouper fish larvae and other planktivores. We examined the predation behavior …

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 …

Comprehending functional traits is increasingly recognized as an important element in the
investigation of community assembly. We hypothesized that the homogenization effect of …

Shell composition is considered an important functional trait in testate amoebae community.
Differences in the composition of shells may represent adaptations of these organisms to …

Ecological studies of peatland testate amoebae are generally based on totals of 150
individuals per sample. However, the suitability of this standard has never been assessed …

Most ecological research has hitherto focused more on sea and lake ecosystems than on
peatland habitats. The primary objectives of this paper were to analyse the ciliate, rotifer …