TY - JOUR N2 - Microzonation of testate amoebae and ciliates in relation to physical and chemical parameters in different species of mosses in peatland were studied. Regardless of the species of mosses, similar micro-vertical differentiation of these protozoa was ascertained. A similar number of species, like the abundance, significantly increased in the deepest sampling depth. The upper-most sampling of the mosses (0–5 cm) was dominated by mixotrophic taxons, whereas the deepest sampling level (5–10 cm) shown the increase of the proportion of bacterivore species. In peatlands the factors limiting the occurrence of ciliates and testate amoebae are physio-chemical suitablilty – mainly the total organic carbon content and water table depth, but with somewhat lower levels of pH and species of mosses. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/107226/PDF-MASTER/5_Niedzwiecki.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/107226 PY - 2016 KW - testate amoebae KW - ciliates KW - micro-distribution KW - peatland A1 - Niedźwiedzki, Michał A1 - Mieczan, Tomasz PB - Oddział PAN w Lublinie VL - Vol XIII DA - 2016 T1 - Vertical micro-distribution of testate amoebae and ciliates in Sphagnum dominated peatland UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107226 T2 - Teka Komisji Ochrony I Kształtowania Środowiska Przyrodniczego ER -