Our projects are about testate amoebae community from Ribeirão das Lajes reservoir, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This reservoir supplies municipalities of Seropédica and Itaguaí, and part of Rio de Janeiro, in addition to operating the Fontes Nova hydroelectric plant.

 

 

 

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What is testate amoebae?

Testate amoebae or thecamoebian are part of fresh water plankton, with an ameboid shape and protected by a "shell" called test, secreted by the individual or formed from particles in the environment.

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What is plankton?

Plankton are aquatic organism not able to swim against the stream, that is, they are drifting in the water column. Commonly divided between protozooplankton, bacterioplankton, zooplankton and phytoplankton..