Contrasting diversity of testate amoebae communities in Sphagnum and brown-moss dominated patches in relation to shell counts
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F17%3A00094694" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094694 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2017.02.002" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2017.02.002</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2017.02.002" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ejop.2017.02.002</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Contrasting diversity of testate amoebae communities in Sphagnum and brown-moss dominated patches in relation to shell counts
Original language description
Ecological studies of peatland testate amoebae are generally based on totals of 150 individuals per sample. However, thesuitability of this standard has never been assessed for alkaline habitats such as spring fens. We explored the differences intestate amoeba diversity between Sphagnum and brown-moss microhabitats at a mire site with a highly diversified moss layerwhich reflects the small-scale heterogeneity in groundwater chemistry. Relationships between sampling efficiency and samplecompleteness were explored using individual-based species accumulation curves and the effort required to gain an extra specieswas assessed. Testate amoeba diversity differed substantially between microhabitats, with brown mosses hosting on averagetwice as many species and requiring greater shell totals to reach comparable sample analysis efficiency as for Sphagnum.Thus, for samples from alkaline conditions an increase in shell totals would be required and even an overall doubling up to300 individuals might be considered for reliable community description. Our small-scale data are likely not robust enough toprovide an ultimate solution for the optimization of shell totals. However, the results proved that testate amoebae communitiesfrom acidic and alkaline environments differ sharply in both species richness and composition and they might call for differentmethodological approaches.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10600 - Biological sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-03881S" target="_blank" >GA16-03881S: The coexistence of aquatic invertebrates in spring fens: the role of abiotic heterogeneity and biotic interactions at regional and local scale</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Protistology
ISSN
0932-4739
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
58
Issue of the periodical within the volume
April
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
135-142
UT code for WoS article
000400530600009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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