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Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Inorganic Material Affecting the Shell Traits of Testate Amoebae Community

Publication date: 28.11.2016

Acta Protozoologica, 2016, Volume 55, Issue 3, pp. 145 - 154

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.16.014.5746

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Leilane Talita Fatoreto Schwind
Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil
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Rodrigo Leite Arrieira
Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil
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Claudia Costa Bonecker
Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil
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Fábio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha
Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil
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Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Inorganic Material Affecting the Shell Traits of Testate Amoebae Community

Abstract

Shell composition is considered an important functional trait in testate amoebae community. Differences in the composition of shells may represent adaptations of these organisms to changes in the availability of environmental resources. We aimed to evaluate the influence of these environmental resources on the presence of different testate amoeba species, based on observation of one important functional trait (shell composition), in floodplain environments. We hypothesised that species diversity would increase with increased availability of food (chlorophyll-a; a critical environmental requirement). We also predicted that a higher concentration of suspended inorganic material would contribute to the occurrence of species that have an exogenous shell. Testate amoeba samples were taken between 2002 and 2011 in plankton of ten floodplain environments. A significant positive correlation was noted between the concentration of chlorophyll-a and the diversity of testate amoeba species according to a simple regression analysis. Furthermore, non-metric multidimensional scaling showed distinct groups with lower and higher concentration of suspended inorganic material. The occurrence of testate amoeba species with smaller exogenous shells was the most influenced by environments with higher concentrations of suspended inorganic material. Thus, our results emphasised that the evaluated environmental resources are important as assembly factors to shell traits in testate amoebae community.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2016, Volume 55, Issue 3, pp. 145 - 154

Article type: Original article

Authors

Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil

Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil

Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil

Laboratory of Zooplankton, Nucleus of Research in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Nupélia), State University of Maringa, Maringa, PR, Brazil

Published at: 28.11.2016

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Leilane Talita Fatoreto Schwind (Author) - 25%
Rodrigo Leite Arrieira (Author) - 25%
Claudia Costa Bonecker (Author) - 25%
Fábio Amodêo Lansac-Tôha (Author) - 25%

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