Ecology of Wisqoq Cave, a raccoon-inhabited cave in Nova Scotia

Author

Max Moseley
Matt Smith
Hugh Broders

Files

Publication Date

January 2013

Abstract

Wisqoq Cave is a natural dissolution cave formed in Mississippian age gypsum anhydrite evaporites on the Avon Peninsula, Hants County, Nova Scotia. It is the only biologically pristine cave discovered in Nova Scotia in recent decades and is the only known cave in the Canadian Maritime provinces in which the cavernicolous invertebrate community is dependent on raccoon dung.

Keywords

Gypsum Cave, Temperature, Threshold Vegetation, Raccoon, Bats, Guano Fauna

Document Type

Article

Notes

Speleobiology Notes, Vol. 5 (2013).

Identifier

SFS0072896_00001

Recommended Citation

Moseley, Max; Smith, Matt; and Broders, Hugh, "Ecology of Wisqoq Cave, a raccoon-inhabited cave in Nova Scotia" (2013). KIP Articles. 1635.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/1635