Encyclopedia of Caves

Description

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. The Encyclopedia of Caves is an essential interdisciplinary resource for scientists, students, and caving enthusiasts. COVER COPYRIGHT CONTENTS CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA CONTRIBUTORS GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA FOREWORD PREFACE A Adaptation to Darkness Adaptation to Low Food Adaptation to Low Oxygen Adaptive Shifts Anchialine Caves, Biodiversity in Anchialine Caves B Bats Beetles Behavioral Adaptations Breakdown Burnsville Cove, Virginia C Camps Castleguard Cave, Canada Cave, Definition o Cave Dwellers in the Middle East Chemoautotrophy Clastic Sediments in Caves Closed Depressions Coastal Caves Contamination of Cave Waters by Heavy Metals Contamination of Cave Waters by Nonaqueous Phase Liquids Cosmogenic Isotope Dating Crustacea D Databases Dinaric Karst, Diversity in Diversity Patterns in the Tropics Diversity Patterns in the United States Diversity Patterns in Australia Diversity Patterns in Europe E Early Humans in the Mammoth Cave Area Ecotones Entranceless Caves, Discovery of Entranceless Caves, Geophysics of Entrances Epikarst Epikarstic Communities Evolution of Lineages Exploration and Light Sources F Fish Flooding Food Sources Friars Hole Cave System, West Virginia G Glacier Caves Guano Communities Gypsum Caves Gypsum Flowers and Related Speleothems H Hydrogeology of Karst Aquifers Hydrothermal Caves I Invasion, Active versus Passive J Jewel Cave, South Dakota K Karren Karst Water Tracing Kazumura Cave, Hawaii Krubera (Voronja) Cave L Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico Life History Evolution M Mammoth Cave System Mapping Subterranean Biodiversity Marine Regressions Maya Caves Microbes Minerals Modeling Karst Aquifers Molluscs Morphological Adaptations Multilevel Caves and Landscape Evolution Mulu Caves, Malaysia Myriapods Myth and Legend, Caves in N Natural Selection Neutral Mutation Nitrate Contamination in Karst Groundwater Nullarbor Caves, Australia P Paleomagnetic Record in Cave Sediments Paleontology of Caves: Pleistocene Mammals Passages Passage Growth and Development Pits and Shafts Population Structure Postojna–Planinska Cave System, Slovenia Protecting Caves and Cave Life R Recreational Caving Rescues Root Communities in Lava Tubes S Salamanders Saltpetre Mining Show Caves Siebenhengste Cave System, Switzerland Sinking Streams and Losing Streams Sistema Huautla, Mexico Soil Piping and Sinkhole Failures Solution Caves in Regions of Moderate Relief Solutional Sculpturing Species Interactions Speleothem Deposition Speleothems: Helictites and Related Forms Spiders and Related Groups Springs Stalactites and Stalagmites Sulfuric Acid Caves U Ukrainian Giant Gypsum Caves V Vertebrate Visitors—Birds and Mammals Vicariance and Dispersalist Biogeography Volcanic Caves W Wakulla Spring Underwater Cave System, Florida Water Chemistry in Caves Worms GLOSSARY SUBJECT INDEX