Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

Evaluating the quality of ecosystems in terms of biological patrimony and functioning is of
critical importance in the actual context of intensified human activities. Microbial diversity is …

Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications is a general text covering
both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the …

Even though large extents of boreal peatlands are still in a pristine condition, especially in
North America, extensive areas have been affected by natural or anthropogenic …

Soil photoautotrophic prokaryotes and micro‐eukaryotes–known as soil algae–are, together
with heterotrophic microorganisms, a constitutive part of the microbiome in surface soils …

Testate amoebae are an abundant and diverse polyphyletic group of shelled protozoa living
in aquatic to moist habitats ranging from estuaries to lakes, rivers, wetlands, soils, litter, and …

Peatlands contain approximately one third of all soil organic carbon (SOC). Warming can
alter above‐and belowground linkages that regulate soil organic carbon dynamics and C …

Recent climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula is well documented [1–5], with warming,
alongside increases in precipitation, wind strength, and melt season length [1, 6, 7], driving …

Introduction Rapidly advancing technologies and accumulating information about microbial
communities across the globe allow the quantification of microbial properties and functions …

This paper presents an optical diffraction tomography technique based on digital
holographic microscopy. Quantitative 2-dimensional phase images are acquired for …