Biodiversity of testate amoebae in Sphagnum bogs: the dataset from forest-steppe ecotone (Middle Volga Territory, Russia)

Autor: Nailia Saldaeva, Kirill Babeshko, Viktor Chernyshov, Anton Esaulov, Alexander Komarov, Nikita Kriuchkov, Natalia Mazei, Damir Saldaev, Tamara Stojko, Andrey Tsyganov, Yuri Mazei
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 12, Iss , Pp 1-17 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1314-2828
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e125582
Popis: Testate amoebae are a polyphyletic group of unicellular eukaryotic organisms that are characterised by a rigid shell and inhabit mostly freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. They are particularly abundant in peatlands, especially in Sphagnum-dominated biotopes. Peatland hydrology is the most important influence on testate amoebae communities. The good preservation of the shells in peat deposits and their response to hydrological regime changes are the principles for palaeohydrological reconstructions. Any changes in the water balance of mires should be expected to have far-reaching effects on biogeochemical cycles, productivity, carbon dioxide and methane exchange.This paper presents a dataset (Darwin Core Archive – DwC-A) on the distribution of Sphagnum-dwelling testate amoebae in nine mires located in the forest-steppe subzone of the East European Plane. The dataset includes information about 86 taxa belonging to 29 genera and contains 3,123 occurrences of 49,874 individuals. The following environmental variables are provided: microtopography, oxidising and reducing potential, total mineralisation, substrate temperature, acidity, substrate wetness and water table depth. These data might be used for biogeographical and palaeoecological studies, including quantitative reconstructions.
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