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Published on: October 27, 2013
[Species composition and structure of testate amoebae community in a sphagnum bog at the initial stage of its
Abstract:
A total of 42 species and forms have been revealed in the testate amoebae community of a transitional bog at the initial stage of transformation into a typical sphagnum bog. A distinctive features of its species composition is dominance of widespread species Assulina muscorum. Arcella arenaria, Phryganella hemisphaerica, and Euglypha laevis in the absence of common sphagnobionts of the genera Nehela, Hyalosphenia, and Heleopera. Vertical heterogeneity of the community structure is weakly manifested, since dominant species are abundant in all horizons. The highest species richness is characteristic of the marginal community formed at the boundary between a sphagnum quagmire and a reed grass-dominated fen.
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