Encyclopedia of Caves
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Encyclopedia of Caves

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Encyclopedia of Caves

About this book

Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically sound, yet accessible for students and non-scientists. This large-format reference is enchanced with hundreds of full-color photographs, maps, and drawings from the authors' own work, which provide unique images of the underground environment. - Global in reach--authors are an international team of experts covering caves from around the world - Includes 24 new articles commissioned especially for this 2nd edition - Articles contain extensive bibliographies cross-referencing related essays - Hundreds of color photographs, maps, charts and illustrations of cave features and biota - A-Z sequence and a comprehensive index allow for easy location of topics - Glossary presents definitions of all key vocabulary items

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780123838339
Edition
2
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Front-matter
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents By Subject Area
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Guide to the Encyclopedia
  8. Preface
  9. Adaptation to Low Food
  10. Adaptive Shifts
  11. Anchihaline (ANCHIALINE) Caves and Fauna
  12. Ancient Cavers in Eastern North America
  13. Asellus Aquaticus
  14. Astyanax Mexicanus
  15. Bats
  16. Beetles
  17. Behavioral Adaptations
  18. Breakdown
  19. Burnsville Cove, Virginia
  20. Camps
  21. Castleguard Cave, Canada
  22. Cave Dwellers in the Middle East
  23. Cave Ecosystems
  24. Cave, Definition of
  25. Cavefish of China
  26. Chemoautotrophy
  27. Clastic Sediments in Caves
  28. Closed Depressions in Karst Areas
  29. Coastal Caves
  30. Contamination of Cave Waters by Heavy Metals
  31. Contamination of Cave Waters by Nonaqueous Phase Liquids
  32. Cosmogenic Isotope Dating of Cave Sediments
  33. Crustacea
  34. Dinaric Karst
  35. Diversity Patterns in Australia
  36. Diversity Patterns in Europe
  37. Diversity Patterns in the Dinaric Karst
  38. Diversity Patterns in the Tropics
  39. Diversity Patterns in the United States
  40. Documentation and Databases
  41. Ecological Classification of Subterranean Organisms
  42. Entranceless Caves, Discovery of
  43. Entrances
  44. Epikarst
  45. Epikarst Communities
  46. Evolution of Lineages
  47. Exploration of Cavesā€”General
  48. Exploration of Cavesā€”Underwater Exploration Techniques
  49. Exploration of Cavesā€”Vertical Caving Techniques
  50. Folklore, Myth, and Legend, Caves in
  51. Food Sources
  52. Friars Hole System, West Virginia
  53. Gammarus minus: A Model System for the Study of Adaptation to the Cave Environment
  54. Geophysics of Locating Karst and Caves
  55. Glacier Caves
  56. Guano Communities
  57. Gypsum Caves
  58. Gypsum Flowers and Related Speleothems
  59. Helictites and Related Speleothems
  60. Hydrogeology of Karst Aquifers
  61. Hydrothermal Caves
  62. Ice in Caves
  63. Invasion, Active versus Passive
  64. Jewel Cave, South Dakota
  65. Karren, Cave
  66. Karren, Surface
  67. Karst
  68. Kazumura Cave, Hawaii
  69. Krubera (Voronja) Cave
  70. Lampenflora
  71. Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, U.S.A.
  72. Life History Evolution
  73. Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky
  74. Mapping Subterranean Biodiversity
  75. Marine Regressions
  76. Maya Caves
  77. Microbes
  78. Minerals
  79. Modeling of Karst Aquifers
  80. Mollusks
  81. Morphological Adaptations
  82. Multilevel Caves and Landscape Evolution
  83. Mulu Caves, Malaysia
  84. Myriapods
  85. Natural Selection
  86. Neutral Mutations
  87. Niphargus: A Model System for Evolution and Ecology
  88. Nitrate Contamination in Karst Groundwater
  89. Nullarbor Caves, Australia
  90. Paleoclimate Records from Speleothems
  91. Paleomagnetic Records in Cave Sediments
  92. Paleontology of Caves
  93. Passage Growth and Development
  94. Passages
  95. Population Structure
  96. Postojnaā€“Planina Cave System, Slovenia
  97. Protecting Caves and Cave Life
  98. Quartzite Caves of South America
  99. Recreational Caving
  100. Rescues
  101. Responses to Low Oxygen
  102. Root Communities in Lava Tubes
  103. Salamanders
  104. Saltpetre Mining
  105. Scallops
  106. Shallow Subterranean Habitats
  107. Show Caves
  108. Siebenhengste Cave System, Switzerland
  109. Sinking Streams and Losing Streams
  110. Sistema Huautla, Mexico
  111. Soil Piping and Sinkhole Failures
  112. Solution Caves in Regions of High Relief
  113. Solution Caves in Regions of Moderate Relief
  114. Species Interactions
  115. Speleogenesis, Hypogenic
  116. Speleogenesis, Telogenetic
  117. Speleothem Deposition
  118. Speleothems
  119. Spiders and Related Groups
  120. Springs
  121. Stalactites and Stalagmites
  122. Sulfuric Acid Caves
  123. Tiankeng
  124. Ukraine Giant Gypsum Caves
  125. Underwater Caves of the YucatƔn Peninsula
  126. Uranium Series Dating of Speleothems
  127. Vertebrate Visitorsā€”Birds and Mammals
  128. Vicariance and Dispersalist Biogeography
  129. Vjetrenica Cave, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  130. Volcanic Rock Caves
  131. Wakulla Spring Underwater Cave System, Florida
  132. Water Chemistry in Caves
  133. Water Tracing in Karst Aquifers
  134. Wetlands in Cave and Karst Regions
  135. White-Nose Syndrome
  136. Worms
  137. Index