(Note: I am posting this message on Emma's behalf. Lisa)
>From: "Emma Vickery" <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: University of Plymouth
>Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:35:12 GMT
>Subject: Testate amoebae and peatland monitoring
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>I am doing a PhD at the University of Plymouth trying to develop a new
>monitoring system for peatlands using testate amoebae as indicators of
>change. Testate amoebae are microorganisms of the order Protozoa, which
>live in wet conditions, and have previously been used in paleoecology as
>proxy indicators of moisture conditions. It is hoped that they will also
>provide an effective indicator of modern water levels for long-term site
>management. The benefits associated with their use are that they will,
>potentially, respond much more rapidly to environmental change than
>vegetation but will be considerably cheaper than intensive hydrological
>monitoring. The project is part funded by the Countryside Council for
>Wales, English Nature and Scottish Natural Heritage.
>
>I am currently working on Coom Rigg Moss in Northumberland and will shortly
>be identifying sites for monitoring in Scotland and Wales. I am now looking
>for any further sites where there is active hydrological monitoring taking
>place. I am interested in any ombotrophic peatlands in the UK where water
>table data are being collected at least bi-monthly. I would like to sample
>for testate amoebae analysis at as many of these locations as possible. So
>if you would like to know more about the Protozoa community on the site you
>are monitoring, please contact me with details of your site and the
>hydrological monitoring taking place. It would be particularly interesting
>if anyone managing sites outside the control of the government agencies
>(CCW, EN and SNH) had any information regarding hydrological monitoring.
>
>Contact details:
>Emma Vickery
>Department of Geographical Sciences
>University of Plymouth
>Drakes Circus
>Plymouth
>PL4 8AA
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>(01752) 233050
>Geographical Sciences
>University of Plymouth
>Drakes Circus
>Plymouth
>PL4 8AA
>01752 233050
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>http://www.science.plymouth.ac.uk/departments/geography
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