Biodiversity of Terrestrial Testate Amoebae in Western Siberia Lowland Peatlands

Damir Saldaev, Kirill Babeshko (), Viktor Chernyshov, Anton Esaulov, Xiuyuan Gu, Nikita Kriuchkov, Natalia Mazei, Nailia Saldaeva, Jiahui Su, Andrey Tsyganov, Basil Yakimov, Svetlana Yushkovets and Yuri Mazei
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Damir Saldaev: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Kirill Babeshko: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Viktor Chernyshov: Faculty of Sciences, Penza State University, Krasnaya Street 40, 440026 Penza, Russia
Anton Esaulov: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Xiuyuan Gu: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Nikita Kriuchkov: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Natalia Mazei: Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Nailia Saldaeva: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Jiahui Su: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Andrey Tsyganov: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China
Basil Yakimov: Department of Ecology, Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 23 Prospekt Gagarina, 603022 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Svetlana Yushkovets: Faculty of Sciences, Penza State University, Krasnaya Street 40, 440026 Penza, Russia
Yuri Mazei: Faculty of Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, 1 International University Park Road, Shenzhen 518172, China

Data, 2023, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: Testate amoebae are unicellular eukaryotic organisms covered with an external skeleton called a shell. They are an important component of many terrestrial ecosystems, especially peatlands, where they can be preserved in peat deposits and used as a proxy of surface wetness in paleoecological reconstructions. Here, we represent a database from a vast but poorly studied region of the Western Siberia Lowland containing information on TA occurrences in relation to substrate moisture and WTD. The dataset includes 88 species from 32 genera, with 2181 incidences and 21,562 counted individuals. All samples were collected in oligotrophic peatlands and prepared using the method of wet sieving with a subsequent sedimentation of aqueous suspensions. This database contributes to the understanding of the distribution of testate amoebae and can be further used in large-scale investigations.

Keywords: testate amoebae; Western Siberia Lowland; peatlands; diversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C80 C81 C82 C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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