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Effect of bottom up and top-down control on dynamics and diversity of protozoa in peatland ecosystems (mesocosm experiments)

2012/05/B/NZ8/01263

Keywords:

peatlands ciliates testate amoebae microbial loop

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_7: Hydrobiology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie, Wydział Biologii i Hodowli Zwierząt

woj. lubelskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Tomasz Mieczan 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 3 - announced on 2012-03-15

Amount awarded: 320 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-01-31

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-01-30

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Mikroskop badawczy fluorescencyjny (z systemem optyki konfigurowanej) i zestawem filtrów do epifluorescencji wraz z programem do analizy obrazu Multi Scan Base. (26 000 PLN)
  2. Program Omnidia – program komputerowy do analizy okrzemek. (4000 szt.) (4 000 PLN)
  3. Analizator przepływowy – moduł uniwersalny umożliwiający stosowanie wymiennych aplikacji (m.in. aplikacja azotyny, azotany, azot całkowity, oprogramowanie). (108 855 PLN)
  4. Laptop (4 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. Ciliates as restoration indicators in peatbogs - 10 years of study
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan, Małgorzata Adamczuk, Magdalena Pogorzelec
    Academic press:
    European Journal of Protistology (rok: 2018, tom: 62, strony: 45619), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  2. Eutrophication of peatbogs: consequences of P and N enrichment for microbial and metazoan communities in mesocosm experiments
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan, Małgorzata Adamczuk, Barbara Pawlik-Skowrońska, Magdalena Toporowska
    Academic press:
    Aquatic Microbial Ecology (rok: 2015, tom: 74, strony: 121-141), Wydawca: Inter-Research
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3354/ame01727 - link to the publication
  3. Stable isotope analyses revealed high seasonal dynamics in the food web structure of a peatbog
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan, Michał Niedźwiecki, Małgorzata Adamczuk, Irena Bielańska-Grajner
    Academic press:
    International Review of Hydrobiology (rok: 2015, tom: 100, strony: 141-150), Wydawca: Willey
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/iroh.201501788 - link to the publication
  4. Diurnal dynamics of the microbial loop in peatlands: structure, function and relationship to environmental parameters
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan, Monika Tarkowska-Kukuryk
    Academic press:
    Hydrobiologia (rok: 2013, tom: 717, strony: 189-201), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10750-013-1582-x - link to the publication
  5. Research of different types of peatbogs: relationships of bioceonosis structure and physico-chemical parameters
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan, Monika Tarkowska-Kukuryk, Małgorzata Adamczuk, Wojciech Pęczuła, Andrzej Demetraki-Paleolog, Michał Niedźwiecki
    Academic press:
    Polish Journal of Environmental Studies (rok: 2015, tom: 1, strony: 191-198), Wydawca: Hard
    Status:
    Published
  6. Differentiation of microbial loop components in small anthropogenic reservoirs.
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan
    Academic press:
    Polish Journal of Ecology (rok: 2014, tom: 62, strony: 325-334), Wydawca: Institute of Zoology PAS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3161/104.062.0211 - link to the publication
  7. Abiotic predictors of faunal communities in an ombrotrophic peatland lagg and an open peat bog
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan, Monika Tarkowska-Kukuryk, Wojciech Płaska, Jacek Rechulicz
    Academic press:
    Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution (rok: 2014, tom: 60, strony: 62-74), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/15659801.2014.978149 - link to the publication
  8. Effect of rotifers, copepods and chironomid larvae on microbial communities in peatlands
    Authors:
    Tomasz Mieczan, Michał Niedźwiecki, Monika Tarkowska-Kukuryk
    Academic press:
    European Journal of Protistology (rok: 2015, tom: 51, strony: 386-400), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ejop.2015.06.010 - link to the publication