Development and refinement of proxy-climate indicators from peats

FM Chambers, RK Booth, F De Vleeschouwer… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Peat, especially from acidic mires (bogs), is a natural archive of past environmental change.
Reconstructions of past climate from bogs commenced in the 19th Century through …

Exploitation of northern peatlands and biodiversity maintenance: a conflict between economy and ecology

S Chapman, A Buttler, AJ Francez… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands are ecosystems of exceptional conservation value because of their beauty,
biodiversity, importance in global geochemical cycles, and the paleoenvironmental records …

[CARTE][B] Reconstructing quaternary environments

JJ Lowe, M Walker - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Testate amoebae analysis in ecological and paleoecological studies of wetlands: past, present and future

EAD Mitchell, DJ Charman, BG Warner - Biodiversity and conservation, 2008 - Springer
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 …

[CARTE][B] Quantifying Holocene sea-level change using intertidal foraminifera: lessons from the British Isles

BP Horton, RJ Edwards - 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Salt-marsh foraminifera have been used to reconstruct Holocene sea-level changes from
coastlines around the world. In this work, we compile the results of surface foraminiferal …

[PDF][PDF] Preparation and analysis of testate amoebae in peatland palaeoenvironmental studies

RK Booth, M Lamentowicz… - Mires and …, 2010 - mires-and-peat.scholasticahq.com
The use of testate amoebae in studies of peatland hydrology and palaeohydrology has been
increasing, and considerable efforts have been made over the past decade to standardise …

[CARTE][B] Late Quaternary environmental change: physical and human perspectives

M Bell, MJC Walker - 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency
and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone …

Paleohydrologic reconstruction based on n-alkane distributions in ombrotrophic peat

JE Nichols, RK Booth, ST Jackson, EG Pendall… - Organic …, 2006 - Elsevier
Proxies such as plant macrofossils, humification indices and testate amoebae have been
developed to reconstruct past hydrological variability in ombrotrophic peatlands …

The Ecology of Testate Amoebae (Protists) in Sphagnum in North-western Poland in Relation to Peatland Ecology

M Lamentowicz, EAD Mitchell - Microbial ecology, 2005 - Springer
We studied the relationship between testate amoebae (Protozoa) communities and the
depth to the water table (DWT), pH, conductivity, and microhabitat type in Sphagnum …

How many is enough? Determining optimal count totals for ecological and palaeoecological studies of testate amoebae

RJ Payne, EAD Mitchell - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2009 - Springer
Testate amoebae are increasingly used in ecological and palaeoecological studies of
wetlands. To characterise the amoeba community a certain number of individuals need to be …