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Dynamics of the Species Structure of Testate Amoeba Assemblages in a Waterbody-to-Mire Succession in the Holocene: A Case Study of Mochulya Bog, Kaluga Oblast, Russia

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Testate amoebae are widely used in palaeoecological studies as indicators (proxies) of environmental conditions in mires and freshwater ecosystems. The goal of this work was to identify patterns in the dynamics of the species composition of testate amoeba assemblages during a “waterbody–mire” succession. This study was performed using multiproxy analysis of the deposits in Mochulya Bog, Kaluga oblast, European Russia. To explain changes in the species composition of testate amoebae, we used data on the plant macrofossil composition, peat humification, and the loss on ignition, together with the results of radiocarbon dating and pollen analysis. The deposit was formed by the sediments of the waterbody, with rich fen and poor fen. The age at the base of the deposits was 4100 cal. yr. BP. Changes in the species composition of testate amoeba assemblages were largely determined by local vegetation, especially Sphagnum mosses, which significantly transform the environment. The transformation of the waterbody into a rich fen may have most likely occurred as a result of climatic (allogeneic) factors: short-term drying and wildfires that might have led to the overgrowth of the shore. The transformation of the rich fen to a poor fen could have been related to the effects of both autogenic (accumulation of the deposits) and allogeneic factors (decrease in human activity in the adjacent area).

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This study was carried out with financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-14-00102 for statistical analysis and writing the paper), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 17-04-00320 for microscopic analysis of testate amoebae), and within the framework of a State Assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education to Penza State University (project no. 6.7197.2017/BP for analysis of the degree of peat humification).

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    A. N. Tsyganov, N. G. Mazei, E. Yu. Novenko & Yu. A. Mazei

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    A. N. Tsyganov, A. A. Komarov & T. V. Borisova

  3. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 109017, Russia

    E. Yu. Novenko

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Tsyganov, A.N., Komarov, A.A., Mazei, N.G. et al. Dynamics of the Species Structure of Testate Amoeba Assemblages in a Waterbody-to-Mire Succession in the Holocene: A Case Study of Mochulya Bog, Kaluga Oblast, Russia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 48, 938–949 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106235902107030X

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