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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF HYDROBIOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 2, Pages 154-166Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200390011
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plankton; community structure; multivariate analysis
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In freshwater environments, testate amoebae are usually found associated with macrophytes and sediments and many studies have suggested that their occurrence in plankton samples is accidental. This implies that predictable patterns detected in planktonic assemblages should not be observed in testate amoebae assemblages. This hypothesis was tested in this study. Plankton samples were collected from different environments in the Upper Parana River floodplain. Results show that patterns in species composition and abundance of testate amoebae are predictable, and that dominant species tend to present characteristic shell morphology in hydrologically different environments. We suggest that testate amoebae must be routinely included in plankton ecology studies, at least in floodplain environments.
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