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Testaceans (Protozoa: Testacea) in Quaternary Permafrost Sediments of Bykovsky Peninsula, Arctic Yakutia

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The results of the first protozoological study in terms of paleoecology of long-term sediments and buried soils formed in the cryolite zone of northeastern Siberia are discussed. The data on testaceans (Protozoa: Testacea) inhabiting various sites of Bykovsky Peninsula, Laptev Sea coast near estuary of Lena, within the last 53 000 years (Late Pleistocene and Holocene) are presented.

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  1. Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow, GSP-2, 119992, Russia

    A. A. Bobrov

  2. Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Telegraphenberg A43, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Ch. Siegert, A. A. Andreev & L. Schirrmeister

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Bobrov, A.A., Siegert, C., Andreev, A.A. et al. Testaceans (Protozoa: Testacea) in Quaternary Permafrost Sediments of Bykovsky Peninsula, Arctic Yakutia. Biology Bulletin 30, 191–206 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023201624996

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