Enrique Lara

This study investigates Arcellinida diversity in tropical peatlands, finding higher species richness in zones with developed understory vegetation and distinct community composition compared to extratropical ecosystems.

The paper examines Arcellinida diversity in the Peruvian Andes, finding lower abundance and diversity compared to extratropical biomes, with unique taxonomic composition shaped by elevation and canopy cover.

This study examines Arcellinida diversity across Bulgaria's ecosystems, finding that stable humidity and intermediate soil carbon stocks enhance richness, while acidic peatlands host unique taxa.

The paper identifies 25 novel phyla in the eukaryotic tree of life through global environmental DNA surveys and proposes formal names for 150 species.

The paper examines how terrestrial land use and water chemistry affect aquatic microbial diversity in Mediterranean catchments, identifying thresholds where diversity declines or peaks based on environmental conditions.

The paper examines the relationship between abundance, genetic diversity, and spatial connectivity in marine eukaryotes using environmental DNA data, finding widespread decoupling between abundance and diversity, especially in unicellular organisms.

The study examines how Quaternary ice ages influenced the phylogeography of Arcellinida protists in the Iberian Peninsula, finding genetic diversity hotspots aligned with glacial refugia and supporting the GLQ paradigm for microbial eukaryotes.

The paper introduces eKOI, a curated mitochondrial COI gene database to improve taxonomic resolution in metabarcoding, revealing new biodiversity in protists.

This study suppresses a low-abundance protist in soil microbial communities and observes mesopredator release and biotic homogenization, showing its keystone role.