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Publications

Edward A. D. MITCHELL - Publications

Publications In ISI Journals

Submitted

40. Wall A, Gilbert D, Magny M, Mitchell EAD. Testate amoeba analysis of lake sediments: impact of filter size and total count on estimates of density, diversity and community structure. Journal of Paleolimnology

39. Todorov M, Golemanski V, Mitchell EAD, Heger TJ. Morphology, biometry and taxonomy of five freshwater and marine interstitial testate amoebae of the genus Cyphoderia (Testaceafilosia: Cyphoderiidae). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

38. Heger TJ, Mitchell EAD, Ledeganck P, Vincke S, Van De Vijver B, Beyens L. The curse of taxonomic uncertainty in biogeographical studies of free-living terrestrial protists: A case study of testate amoebae from Amsterdam Island. Journal of Biogeography

37. Lamentowicz M, van der Knaap WO, Lamentowicz L, van Leeuwen JFN, Mitchell EAD, Goslar T, Kamenik C. A near-annual palaeohydrological study based on testate amoebae from an Alpine mire: surface wetness and the role of climate during the instrumental period. Journal of Quaternary Science

Accepted pending revision

36. Payne R, Mitchell EAD. How many is enough? Determining optimal count totals for ecological and palaeoecological studies of testate amoebae. Journal of Paleolimnology

In press and published

35. Artz RRE, Chapman SJ, Siegenthaler A, Mitchell EAD, Buttler A, Bortoluzzi E, Gilbert D, Yli-Petays M, Vasander H, Francez A-J. Functional microbial diversity in cutover peatlands responds to vegetation succession and is partly directed by labile plant carbon. Journal of Applied Ecology

34. Lamentowicz M, Cedro A, Gałka M, Goslar T, Miotk-Szpiganowicz G, Mitchell EAD, Pawlyta J. Last millennium palaeoenvironmental changes from a Baltic bog (Poland) inferred from stable isotopes, pollen, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 265: 93-106. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.023 (pdf)

33. Lamentowicz, M, Obremska, M,  Mitchell EAD. 2008. Autogenic succession, land-use change, and climatic influences on the Holocene development of a kettle hole mire in Northern Poland. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 151 (1-2): 21-40. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.01.009 (pdf)

32. Mitchell EAD, Payne RJ, Lamentowicz M. 2008. Potential implications of differential preservation of testate amoebae shells for paleoenvironmental reconstruction in peatlands. Journal of Paleolimnology 40: 603-618. doi: 10.1007/s10933-007-9185-z (pdf)

31. Mitchell EAD, Charman DJ, Warner BG. 2008. Testate amoebae analysis in ecological and paleoecological studies of wetlands: past, present and future. Biodiversity and Conservation 17: 2115-2137. doi: 10.1007/s10531-007-9221-3 (pdf)

30. Lara E, Heger TJ, Ekelund F, Lamentowicz M, Mitchell EAD. 2008. Ribosomal RNA Genes Challenge the Monophyly of the Hyalospheniidae (Arcellinida: Hyalospheniidae). Protist 159(2): 165-176. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.09.003. (pdf)

29. Lamentowicz M, Tobolski K, Mitchell EAD 2007. Palaeoecological evidence for anthropogenic acidification of a kettle-hole peatland in northern Poland. The Holocene  17(8): 1185-1196 (pdf)

28. Lagoun-Defarge F., Mitchell EAD, Gilbert D, Disnar, J-R, Comont L, Warner BG & Buttler A. 2008. Cut-over peatland regeneration assessment using organic matter and microbial indicators (bacteria and testate amoebae). Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 716-727. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01436.x . (pdf)

27. Nguyen-Viet H, Bernard N, Mitchell EAD, Badot P-M, Gilbert D. 2008. Effect of Lead Pollution on Testate Amoebae Communities living in Sphagnum fallax: an experimental study. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 69: 130-138. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.02.007 (pdf)

26. Lamentowicz M, Tobolski K, Mitchell EAD 2007. Palaeoecological evidence for anthropogenic acidification of a kettle-hole peatland in northern Poland. The Holocene  17(8): 1185-1196 (pdf)

25. Nguyen-Viet H, Bernard N, Mitchell EAD, Badot P-M, Gilbert D. 2007. Effects of experimental lead pollution on the microbial communities associated to Sphagnum fallax (Bryophyta). Microbial Ecology. 54: 232-241. doi: 10.1007/s00248-006-9192-z (pdf)

24. Lara E, Heger TJ, Mitchell EAD, Meisterfeld R, Ekelund F. 2007. SSU rRNA reveals a sequential increase in shell complexity among the Euglyphid testate amoebae (Rhizaria: Euglyphida). Protist 158: 229-237. (pdf) doi:10.1016/j.protis.2006.11.006

23. Payne RJ, Mitchell EAD. 2007. Testate amoebae-environment relationships and a hydrological transfer function from mires in the Central Rhodope Mountains, Greece. Protist 158: 159-171. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2006.11.003 (pdf)

22. Nguyen-Viet H, Bernard N, Mitchell EAD, Cortet J, Badot P-M, Gilbert D. 2007. Relationship between testate amoebae and atmospheric heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Zn, Ni, Cu, Mn and Fe) accumulated in the moss Barbula indica Hanoi, Vietnam. Microbial Ecology, 53: 53-65. doi:10.1007/s00248-006-9108-y (pdf)

21. Charrière F, Pavillon N, Colomb T, Depeursinge C, Heger TJ, Mitchell EAD, Marquet P, Parrpaz, B. 2006. Living specimen tomography by digital holographic microscopy: morphometry of testate amoeba. Optics Express, 14(16): 7005-7013. (pdf)

20. Payne R, Kishaba K, Blackford J, Mitchell EAD. 2006. The ecology of testate amoebae (Protists) in South-Central Alaska peatlands: building transfer function models for paleoenvironmental studies. The Holocene, 16(3) 403-414. (pdf)

19. Mitchell EAD. 2005 Bacteria and Island Biogeography. Science, 309: 1997-1998. (pdf)

18. Lamentowicz M & Mitchell EAD. 2005. The ecology of testate amoebae (Protists) in Sphagnum in north-west Poland in relation to peatland ecology. Microbial Ecology, 50(1): 48-63. (pdf)

17. Mitchell EAD, Meisterfeld R. 2005. Taxonomic confusion blurs the debate on cosmopolitanism versus local endemism of free-living protists. Protist 156(3): 263-267. (pdf)

16. Nikolaev SI, Mitchell EAD, Petrov NB, Berney C, Fahrni J, Pawlowski J, 2005. The testate lobose amoebae (order Arcellinida Kent, 1880) finally find their home within Amoebozoa. Protist, 156(2): .191-202 (pdf)

15. Kishaba K & Mitchell EAD *. 2005. Changes in testate amoebae (Protists) communities in a small raised bog. A 40-year study Acta Protozoologica, 44:1-12. (*: corresponding author) (pdf)

14. Mitchell EAD, Bragazza L & Gerdol R. 2004. Testate amoebae (Protista) communities in Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) B.S.G. (Bryophyta): Relationships with altitude, and moss elemental chemistry. Protist, 155(4): 423-436. (pdf)

13. Mitchell EAD & Gilbert D. 2004. Vertical micro-distribution and response to nitrogen deposition of testate amoebae in Sphagnum, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 51(4): 485-495. (pdf)

12. Nguyen H, Gilbert D, Bernard N, Mitchell EAD & Badot P-M 2004. Relationship between atmospheric pollution characterized by NO2 concentrations and testate amoebae density and diversity. Acta Protozoologica, 43:233-239. (pdf)

11. Mitchell EAD 2004. Response of testate amoebae (Protozoa) to N and P fertilization in an Arctic wet sedge tundra. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, 36(1): 77-82. (pdf)

10. Chapman S *, Buttler A, Francez A-J, Laggoun-Défarge F, Vasander H, Schloter M, Combe J, Grosvernier P, Harms H, Epron D, Gilbert D & Mitchell EAD *. 2003. Commercial exploitation of peatlands and maintenance of biodiversity - A conflict between economy and ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 1(10), 525-532. (*: corresponding authors) (pdf)

9. Silvola J, Saarnio S, Foot J, Sundh I, Greenup A. Heijmans M, Joabsson A, Mitchell EAD & Van Breemen N. 2003. Effects of elevated CO2 and N deposition on CH4 emissions from European mires. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17(2), 1068, doi: 10.1029-2002GBC001886, 2003.

8. Mitchell EAD, Gilbert D, Buttler A, Grosvernier P, Amblard C & Gobat J-M. 2003. Structure of microbial communities in Sphagnum peatlands and effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment. Microbial Ecology 16(2): 187-199. (pdf)

7. Gilbert D, Mitchell EAD, Amblard C, Bourdier G & Francez A-J. 2003. Population dynamics and food preferences of the testate amoeba Nebela tincta major-bohemica-collaris complex (Protozoa) in a Sphagnum peatland. Acta Protozoologica, 42: 99-104 (pdf)

6. Mitchell EAD, Buttler A, Grosvernier P, Rydin H., Siegenthaler A & Gobat J-M. 2002. Contrasted effects of increased N and CO2 levels on keystone species in peatland restoration and implications for global change. Journal of Ecology, 90: 529-533. (pdf)

5. Berendse F, Rydin H, van Breemen N, Buttler A, Heijmans M, Hoosbeek M, Lee J, Mitchell EAD, Saarnio S, Vasander H, Wallen B. 2001. C sequestration is influenced by competitive shifts among plant species in Sphagnum bogs at elevated atmospheric CO2 and N deposition. Global Change Biology 7: 591-598. (pdf)

4. Mitchell EAD, van der Knaap W, van Leeuwen J, Buttler A, Warner B & Gobat J-M. 2001: The Palaeoecological History of the Praz-Rodet bog (Swiss Jura) based on Pollen, Plant Macrofossils, and Testate Amoebae (Protozoa). The Holocene 11: 65-80.

3. Mitchell EAD, Borcard D, Buttler A, Grosvernier P, Gilbert D & Gobat J-M. 2000: Horizontal distribution patterns of testate amoebae (Protozoa) in a Sphagnum magellanicum carpet. Microbial Ecology 39: 290-300. (pdf)

2. Mitchell EAD, Buttler A, Grosvernier P, Rydin H, Albinsson C, Greenup A, Heijmans M, Hoosbeek M & Saarinen T. 2000: Relationships among testate amoebae (Protozoa), vegetation and water chemistry in five Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in Europe. New Phytologist 145: 95-106. (pdf)

1. Mitchell EAD, Buttler A, Warner B & Gobat J-M. 1999: Ecology of testate amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland and France. Ecoscience 6: 565-576.

Publications In Peer-Reviewed Journals (Not ISI)

3. Lamentowicz M, Obremska M, Mitchell EAD. 2006. Developmental history of two kettle-hole mires in Tuchola Pinewoods - Historia rozwoju dwóch torfowisk mszarnych w Borach Tucholskich. Przegląd Geologiczny. (Proceeding of the Polish Geological Institute Palaeobotanical Conference in Okuninka, Poland, 10-13 May 2005.). Przegląd Geologiczny. 54 (1): 76-80

2. Lamentowicz M & Mitchell EAD. 2005. Testate amoebae (Protists) as palaeoenvironmental indicators in peatlands. Polish Geological Institute Special Papers, 16: 58-64.

1. Gilbert D, Amblard C, Bourdier G, Francez A-J & Mitchell EAD. 2000: Le régime alimentaire des thécamoebiens. L'année Biologique 39: 1-12. (pdf)

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

3. Buttler A, Mitchell EAD. 2007. Wie reagieren Torfmoore auf die globalen Veränderunger? Klimawandel könnte Moorregenerationen eschweren. Hotspot 15: 18-19

2. Buttler A, Mitchell EAD. 2007. Comment réagissent les tourbières aux changements planétaires? Le réchauffement climatique, obstacles à la regeneration. Hotspot 15: 18-19

1. Gilbert D, Mitchell EAD. 2005. L’analyse des micro-organismes, un outil de gestion des tourbières. Espaces Naturels, 11: 14.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

2. Mitchell EAD. 2007. Separating natural and anthropogenic influences on past ecosystems: The testate amoebae and quantitative paleoenvironmental reconstruction. In MO Baldia (Ed.) Comparative Archeology and Paleoclimatology: Sociocultural Responses to a Changing World? BAR (British Archaeological Reports), Archaeopress. In press.

1. Gilbert D, Mitchell EAD. 2006. Microbial diversity in Sphagnum peatlands. In: Martini IP, Matinez Cortizas A, & Chesworth W. (Eds.). Peatlands: basin evolution and depository of records on global environmental and climatic changes. Developments in Earth Surface Processes series. Elsevier (Amsterdam). Pp. 287-318.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

10. Laggoun-Défarge F, Gilbert D, Buttler A, Epron D, Francez A-J, Grasset L, Guimbaud C, Mitchell EAD, Roy J-C. 2008. Effects of experimental warming on carbon sink function of a temperate pristine mire: the peatwarm project. Peatlands International (pdf)

9. Lamentowicz M, Mitchell EAD. 2006. Testate amoebae as ecological and paleohydrological indicators in peatlands – the Polish experience. In: Wetlands: modelling, monitoring, management. Proceedings of International Conference W3M “Wetlands: monitoring, modelling, management“, 22-25.09.2005, Wierzba, Poland Editors: Wiktor Kotowski, Edward Maltby, Dorota Mirosław – Świątek Tomasz Okruszko, Jan Szatyłowicz

8. Siegenthaler A, Gilbert D, Mitchell EAD, Gauthier E, Steinmann P, Artz R, Yli-Petays M, Francez A-J, Comont L, Lagoun-Defarge F, Buttler A. 2006. Surface microbial community structure along regenerating peatlands across Europe. In: Abstracts & Proceedings: Catchments to Coast. The Society of Wetland Scientists 27th International Conference and the Australian Marine Sciences Association 44th Annual Meeting, 9-14 July 2006, Cairns, Autralia.

7. Samaritani E, Siegenthaler A, Yli-Petays M, Buttler A, Christin P-A, Mitchell EAD. 2006. Is vegetation a good indicator of carbon dynamics in cutover peatlands? In: Abstracts & Proceedings: Catchments to Coast. The Society of Wetland Scientists 27th International Conference and the Australian Marine Sciences Association 44th Annual Meeting, 9-14 July 2006, Cairns, Autralia.

6. Siegenthaler A, Mitchell EAD, Francez A-J, Gattinger A, Gilbert D, Buttler A. 2006. Do water levels and specific litters affect the greenhouse gases production from the peat at various depths? In: Abstracts & Proceedings: Catchments to Coast. The Society of Wetland Scientists 27th International Conference and the Australian Marine Sciences Association 44th Annual Meeting, 9-14 July 2006, Cairns, Autralia.

5. Buttler A, Mitchell EAD, Freléchoux F, van der Knaap WO, van Leeuwen JFN, Warner BG, Gobat J-M & Schweingruber F. 2002. Repeated disruptions in a small raised bog : climate and hydrological changes, vegetation succession and human impact. In: Richard, H and Vignot A (dir.) Equilibres et ruptures dans les écosystèmes durant les 20 derniers millénaires en Europe de l'Ouest. Presses Universitaires Franc-Comptoises; 831, Besançon. (Annales littéraires; 730. Série «Environnement, sociétés et archéologie»; 3). pp. 331-344.

4. Grosvernier P, Mitchell EAD, Siegenthaler A, Buttler A & Gobat J-M. 2001. Effect of elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition on natural regeneration processes of cut-over ombrotrophic peat bogs in the Swiss Jura mountains. In: Visconti G, Beniston M, Iannorelli ED & Barba D (Eds.) Global change and protected areas. Advances in global change research Vol. 9. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 347-356.

3. Mitchell EAD, Gilbert D, Buttler A, Grosvernier P, Albinsson C, Rydin H, Heijmans MMPD, Hoosbeek MR, Greenup A, Foot J, Saarinen T, Vasander H & Gobat J-M. 2001. Can testate amoebae (Protozoa) and other micro-organisms help to overcome biogeographic bias in large scale global change research? In: Visconti G, Beniston M, Iannorelli ED & Barba D (Eds.) Global change and protected areas. Advances in global change research Vol. 9. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp.301-310.

2. Siegenthaler A, van der Heijden E, Mitchell EAD, Buttler A, Grosvernier P & Gobat J-M. 2001. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and mineral nitrogen deposition on litter decomposition in a peatland in the Swiss Jura mountains. In: Visconti G, Beniston M, Iannorelli ED & Barba D (Eds.) Global change and protected areas. Advances in global change research Vol. 9. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 311-321.

1. Van der Heijden E, Jauhiainen J, Matero J, Eekhof M & Mitchell EAD. 1998: Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen deposition on Sphagnum species. In: De Kok LJ & Stulen I (Editors) Responses of plant metabolism to air pollution. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. pp. 475-478.

Others - Multimedia Documents

1. Gilbert D, Coste M, Amblard C, Bourdier G, Francez A-J, Mitchell EAD & Sime-Ngano T. 1998: Les communautés microbiennes à la surface des tourbières (12' film). Selected for the 3rd CNRS festival of scientific films, Nancy, France (March 1998).

Theses

2. Mitchell EAD. 1999. Testate amoebae and other micro-organisms in Sphagnum peatlands: ecology, paleoecology and impact of carbon dioxide enrichment. Ph.D. thesis, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

1. Mitchell EAD. 1995. The postglacial developmental history of the Praz-Rodet bog (vallée de Joux, Swiss Jura). Diploma (M.Sc.) thesis, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.