Post-doctoral project: Creating checklist and LUCID key for New Zealand testate amoebae and developing indicators for wetland condition.

Post-doctoral fellow: 2017-2020

Supervisors: Janet Wilmshurst, Jamie Wood

Project:

Creating a checklist for NZ testate amoebae, creating a LUCID key to identify NZ testate amoebae and using these microfossils as indicator species of wetland condition.

Outputs:

McKeown, M.M., Mitchell, E.A., Amesbury, M.J., Blandenier, Q., Charman, D., Duckert, C., Roland, T.P., Swindles, G.T., Wood, J.R. and Wilmshurst, J.M., 2021. The testate amoebae of New Zealand: A checklist, identification key and assessment of biogeographic patterns. European Journal of Protistology, 81, p.125789.