Exploring the diversity and ecology of testate amoebae in West Siberian peatlands

• Authors: Yuri A. Mazei , Viktor Chernyshov , Sergei Bukhkalo , Natalia Mazei , Angela L. Creevy , Richard J. Payne

Abstracts

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Testate amoebae are valued for their functional significance and application as indicators of environmental conditions, particularly in peatland ecosystems. Research on testate amoebae has increased dramatically in recent years but there are still large parts of the world which have seen very little research. Here we consider testate amoeba communities of the West Siberian Lowland, the world’s largest peatland region and therefore one of the largest potential habitats for testate amoebae. Extensive sampling identified 89 taxa and showed that testate amoeba communities are structured by their physical and biological environment. We identified significant relationships between amoeba communities and both moisture content and vegetation composition. Despite the assemblages containing many widely-distributed species, some taxa considered typical of peatlands (e.g. Archerella flavum and Hyalosphenia papilio) were comparatively rare or absent, paralleling findings further south in Asia. We suggest that testate amoebae in this region deserve further study and may have useful applications in palaeoecological reconstruction and as bioindicators of the impacts of oil and gas extraction. 

Keywords

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Testate amoebae; protist; Western Siberia; diversity; ecology; wetland; mire

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Journal: Acta Protozoologica
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 59-70

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

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Yuri A. Mazei

• Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• Penza State University, Penza, Russia

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Viktor Chernyshov

• Penza State University, Penza, Russia

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Sergei Bukhkalo

• Tobolsk Complex Scientific Station, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tobolsk, Tyumen Region, Russia

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Natalia Mazei

• Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• Institute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Angela L. Creevy

• Geography, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom

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Richard J. Payne

• Penza State University, Penza, Russia
• Environmental Geography, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/16890027AP.17.005.6969

Biblioteka Nauki

52376313