title: [The role of the floodplain gradient in structuring of testate amoebae communities in the Ilych River].
abstract: Forty-two testate amoebae taxa were identified in alluvial soils of floodplain islands in the Ilych River. Among the pedo- and eurybionts, there were aquatic rhizopods. Along the floodplain transect (willow --> meadow --> deciduous forest --> coniferous forest), the testate amoebae community changed directly. There are spatially homogeneous (low beta-diversity) testacean communities but species rich on the local level (high alpha-diversity) within forests. Within willows and meadows, communities are characterized by low alpha-diversity and high heterogeneity that leads to high gamma-diversity.
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Mazeĭ
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Malysheva
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lapteva
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Komarov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Taskaeva
mesh_terms: D000656:Amoeba / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D045483:Rivers; D012426:Russia; D012988:Soil Microbiology