THECAMOEBIANS (TESTACEOUS RHIZOPODS) FROM A TROPICAL LAKE: LA FE RESERVOIR, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA

This research describes thecamoebians and explores their utility as environmental bioindicators on La Fe Reservoir, Antioquia, Colombia. Nineteen dredge samples were collected at the sediment-water interface, with a cylindrical dredge in March and October 2001. Temperature, pH, conductivity and tota...

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Main Authors: ESCOBAR JAIME, MARTÍNEZ JOSÉ IGNACIO, PARRA LUIS NORBERTO
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2005-12-01
Series:Caldasia
Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39309
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MARTÍNEZ JOSÉ IGNACIO
PARRA LUIS NORBERTO
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description This research describes thecamoebians and explores their utility as environmental bioindicators on La Fe Reservoir, Antioquia, Colombia. Nineteen dredge samples were collected at the sediment-water interface, with a cylindrical dredge in March and October 2001. Temperature, pH, conductivity and total dissolved solids were recorded in situ both at depth and at surface for each sample locality. Counting of thecamoebians was done in the >63μm size fraction until 200 thecamoebians per sample were identified. A total of 6 genera, 14 species and 25 sub-species were found at La Fe Reservoir. Arcella vulgaris and Centropyxis aculeata dominate most of the samples. This study opens the possibility for additional research with thecamoebians as bioindicators of limnological physical parameters in tropical water bodies and calls for a further explanation for the occurrence of A. vulgaris and C. aculeata as the dominating species on this tropical reservoir.
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spelling doaj-art-6672fc597bb94916a2cfbbbfd9dba80d2025-08-20T02:08:11ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCaldasia0366-52322005-12-01272293298THECAMOEBIANS (TESTACEOUS RHIZOPODS) FROM A TROPICAL LAKE: LA FE RESERVOIR, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIAESCOBAR JAIMEMARTÍNEZ JOSÉ IGNACIOPARRA LUIS NORBERTOThis research describes thecamoebians and explores their utility as environmental bioindicators on La Fe Reservoir, Antioquia, Colombia. Nineteen dredge samples were collected at the sediment-water interface, with a cylindrical dredge in March and October 2001. Temperature, pH, conductivity and total dissolved solids were recorded in situ both at depth and at surface for each sample locality. Counting of thecamoebians was done in the >63μm size fraction until 200 thecamoebians per sample were identified. A total of 6 genera, 14 species and 25 sub-species were found at La Fe Reservoir. Arcella vulgaris and Centropyxis aculeata dominate most of the samples. This study opens the possibility for additional research with thecamoebians as bioindicators of limnological physical parameters in tropical water bodies and calls for a further explanation for the occurrence of A. vulgaris and C. aculeata as the dominating species on this tropical reservoir.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39309
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title THECAMOEBIANS (TESTACEOUS RHIZOPODS) FROM A TROPICAL LAKE: LA FE RESERVOIR, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
title_full THECAMOEBIANS (TESTACEOUS RHIZOPODS) FROM A TROPICAL LAKE: LA FE RESERVOIR, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
title_fullStr THECAMOEBIANS (TESTACEOUS RHIZOPODS) FROM A TROPICAL LAKE: LA FE RESERVOIR, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
title_full_unstemmed THECAMOEBIANS (TESTACEOUS RHIZOPODS) FROM A TROPICAL LAKE: LA FE RESERVOIR, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
title_short THECAMOEBIANS (TESTACEOUS RHIZOPODS) FROM A TROPICAL LAKE: LA FE RESERVOIR, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
title_sort thecamoebians testaceous rhizopods from a tropical lake la fe reservoir antioquia colombia
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39309
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