This scientific monograph offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology and ecology of caves and other subterranean habitats. While there is an emphasis on biological processes occurring in these unique environments, conservation and management aspects are also considered. The book includes a wide range of examples and case studies from caves and other subterranean habitats, biotic interactions and community structures, subterranean species, adaptations to subterranean life, and other biological processes.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29605933
The paper presents a model of denudation that considers the variation of dissolution rates within a sheet of flowing water. The model estimates the denudational role of various parameters such as the quantity and intensity of infiltration, fissure frequency, and the thickness of the soluble layer. Using results of the model, different field techniques used to estimate denudation rates are compared and evaluated.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29559597
Four test sites with different hydrogeological characteristics were compared using time series analysis of the recharge and discharge data. The results showed that in the assessment of karst systems with this method it is important to use effective infiltration rather than precipitation as the input function. However, the differences in the structure and degree of karstification of karst systems and the characteristics of groundwater flow have the most important influence on the results.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30775085
The role that vicariance and dispersal play in determining the number and distribution of stygobionts is far from settled. On a global scale, vicariance may offer a compelling explanation for the interstitial species occurring around the borders of the ancient Tethys Sea. On the other hand, only dispersion explains the distribution in separate microhabitats inside individual caves. This scientific paper focuses on the subterranean biogeography of karst regions. We present evidence that both dispersal and vicariance are critical to explaining the biogeographical pattern of stygobionts.
COBISS.SI-ID: 27133485
Rock forms are important traces of the formation and development of surface karst features. On various karren their record is especially rich, revealing to us the many factors that in diverse conditions shaped the karst surface on various carbonate and other rock. We present the most characteristic rock forms and through them the most important factors and processes in the formation of the karst surface, the methods of studying them, and the most outstanding examples. 49 contributing authors offer a wide spectrum of content and examples of rock forms from many karst regions around the world.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30962477