Meeting on the Microbiology of Soils, Autumn 2001: Spatial distribution of soil protozoa in an upland grassland.

A 12 × 12 m plot from a visually uniform upland pasture was sampled in a spatially referenced manner. There was no correlation between inter-sample distance and the protozoan community (colpodid and heterotrich ciliates, flagellates, naked amoebae, and total biomass). Evidence from the other parameters measured, and from other studies reported in the literature, indicates that spatial organisation in protozoan communities occurs at scales below 10 cm. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]