High-throughput amplicon sequencing of environmental DNA and/or RNA proved to be a
powerful tool to describe protist diversity. This new approach called also the metabarcoding …

To introduce the special issue this paper reviews the use of protists as bioindicators. Seven
key advantages of protist bioindicators are highlighted, namely: environmental sensitivity …

The European Community Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) was established to
provide guidelines for monitoring the quality of marine ecosystems. Monitoring the status of …

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 …

Most environmental bio-monitoring methods using the species composition of marine faunas
define the Ecological Quality Status of soft bottom ecosystems based on the relative …

Globally, one of the two most common shallow-marine and estuarine foraminiferal genera is
Ammonia. Over the past 50 years, the majority of workers have identified specimens in this …

Analyses of volcanic ash are typically performed either by qualitatively classifying ash
particles by eye or by quantitatively parameterizing its shape and texture. While complex …

Species composition in the present-day Amazonian heartland has an imprint of past marine
influence. The exact nature, timing and extent of this marine influence, however, are largely …

There is growing interest in the integration of macroecology and palaeoecology towards a
better understanding of past, present, and anticipated future biodiversity dynamics …

This work contributes to the ongoing work aiming at confirming benthic foraminifera as a
biological quality element. In this study, benthic foraminifera from intertidal and transitional …