Controls on the contemporary distribution of lake thecamoebians (testate amoebae) within the Greater Toronto Area and their potential as water quality indicators

HM Roe, RT Patterson, GT Swindles - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2010 - Springer
Thecamoebians were examined from 71 surface sediment samples collected from 21 lakes
and ponds in the Greater Toronto Area to (1) elucidate the controls on faunal distribution in …

Ecology of testate amoebae (thecamoebians) in subtropical Florida lakes

J Escobar, M Brenner, TJ Whitmore, WF Kenney… - Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Fifty-seven surface sediment samples from 35 Florida lakes were collected to study testate
amoebae. Seven genera, 17 species, and 28 strains were identified in the 46 sediment …

Development of an Arcellacea (testate lobose amoebae) based transfer function for sedimentary phosphorus in lakes

RT Patterson, HM Roe, GT Swindles - Palaeogeography …, 2012 - Elsevier
Arcellacea (testate lobose amoebae) communities were assessed from 73 sediment-water
interface samples collected from 33 lakes in urban and rural settings within the Greater …

[PDF][PDF] Biogeographic variation in Thecamoebian (Testate amoeba) assemblages in lakes within various vegetation zones of Alberta, Canada

LA Neville, DG Christie, FMG McCarthy… - … of Biodiversity and …, 2010 - academicjournals.org
Thecamoebians (also called Testate amoebae) are protists belonging to the phylum
Sarcodaria, superclass Rhizopoda. They are a diverse and important component of the …

[PDF][PDF] Seasonal environmental and chemical impact on thecamoebian community composition in an oil sands reclamation wetland in Northern Alberta

LA Neville, FMG McCarthy, MD MacKinnon - Palaeontologia Electronica, 2010 - uv.es
Thecamoebian (testate amoeba) communities appear to respond to a variety of chemical
parameters in aquatic ecosystems impacted by oil sands operations. A seasonal study …

Arcellacea (testate lobose amoebae) as pH indicators in a pyrite mine-acidified lake, Northeastern Ontario, Canada

RT Patterson, EDR Lamoureux, LA Neville… - Microbial Ecology, 2013 - Springer
Arcellacea (testate lobose amoebae) were examined in 24 sediment–water interface
samples collected over two late August field seasons in 2010 and 2011, from James and …

Cladocera and Anostraca from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, Canada, as paleolimnological indicators of salinity and lake level

DG Bos, BF Cumming, JP Smol - Hydrobiologia, 1999 - Springer
Cladoceran and anostracan species assemblages were identified from the surface
sediments of 33 closed–basin lakes from the southern Interior Plateau of BC in order to …

A variable lacustrine environment in Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba: evidence from modern thecamoebian distribution

K Torigai, CJ Schröder-Adams, SM Burbidge - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2000 - Springer
Thecamoebians (testate protozoan) were examined in 18 surface sediment samples from
the North and South basins and the Narrows of Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Significantly …

[PDF][PDF] Testate amoebae as indicators of 20th century environmental change in Lake Zhangdu, China

Y Qin, RK Booth, Y Gu, Y Wang, S Xie - Fundamental and applied …, 2009 - researchgate.net
We investigated the response of lacustrine testate amoeba communities to 20th century
environmental changes in Lake Zhangdu, China. The lake and surrounding region have …

Diatom-environmental relationships in 64 alkaline southeastern Ontario (Canada) lakes: a diatom-based model for water quality reconstructions

E Reavie, J Smol - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2001 - Springer
Lake eutrophication is a problem in many areas of Ontario, although the history of nutrient
enrichment is poorly documented. The aim of this study was to construct a diatom-based …