This collection includes articles associated with the Karst Information Portal

Follow


Submissions from 2022

Link

The application of electrical resistivity imaging in collapse doline floors: Divača karst, Slovenia, Uroš Stepišnik

PDF

The nitrogen dynamics of Deer Cave, Sarawak, and the role of bat caves as biogeochemical sinks in Tropical Moist Forests., Joyce Lundberg, Donald A. McFarlane, and Guy Van Rentergem

PDF

Worldwide distribution of cave-dwelling Chelodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan, Jackson C. Means, Kaloyan Ivanov, Rodrigo L. Ferreira, Antonio Domingos Brescovit, and Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta

Submissions from 2021

PDF

Air pressure propagation through Wind Cave and Jewel Cave: How do pressure waves travel through barometric caves?, Annika K. Gomell, Daniel C. Austin, Marc J. Ohms, and Andreas Pflitsch

PDF

Application of the global SRTM and AW3D30 digital elevation models to mapping folds at cave sites, Mark J. Abolins and Albert E. Ogden

PDF

Bacteria, guano and soot: Source assessment of organic matter preserved in black laminae in stalagmites from caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca (N Spain), Joeri Kaal, Virginia Martínez-Pillado, Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Jorge Sanjurjo Sánchez, Arantza Aranburu, Juan-Luis Arsuaga, and Eneko Iriarte

PDF

Bat guano minerals and mineralization processes in Chameau Cave, Eastern Morocco, Philippe Audra, Vasile Heresanu, Lionel Barriquand, Mohamed El Kadiri Boutchich, Stephane Jaillet, Edwige Pons-Branchu, Pavel Bosak, Hai Cheng, R Lawrence Edwards, and Michel Renda

PDF

Cave-dwelling heleomyzid flies (Diptera: Heleomyzidae) from the Polish caves. Historical overview and new data, Joanna Kocot-Zalewska and Andrzej J. Woźnica

Link

Climatic and environmental conditions in the Western Galilee, during Late Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, based on speleothems from Manot Cave, Israel, Gal Yasur, Avner Ayalon, Alan Matthews, and Tami Zilberman

PDF

Continuous color model as a tool to improve speleothem age model development, Celia Campa-Bousoño, Ángel García-Pérez, Ana Moreno, Miguel Iglesias, Hai Cheng, R Lawrence Edwards, and Heather Stoll

Link

Determination of inundation areas within karst poljes and intermittent lakes for the purposes of ephemeral flood mapping, Nataša Ravbar, Cyril Mayaud, Matej Blatnik, and Metka Petrič

PDF

Do different relevance attributes indicate the same conservation priorities? A case study in caves of southeastern Brazil, Maysa F.V.R. Souza, Denizar A. Alvarenga, Marconi Souza-Silva, and Rodrigo L. Ferreira

Link

Drimolen cranium DNH 155 documents microevolution in an early hominin species, Jesse M. Martin, A. B. Leece, Simon Neubauer, and Stephanie E. Baker

PDF

Ecophysiological responses of two closely related epigean and hypogean Niphargus species to hypoxia and increased temperature: Do they differ?, Tatjana Simčič and Boris Sket

PDF

Flow dynamics in a vadose shaft – a case study from the Hochschwab karst massif (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria), Eva Kaminsky, Lukas Plan, Thomas Wagner, Barbara Funk, and Pauline Oberender

PDF

Full Issue 49(3)

PDF

Geochemistry of phosphatic nodules as a tool for understanding depositional and taphonomical settings in a Palaeolithic cave site (San Teodoro, Sicily), Gerlando Vita, Vittorio Garilli, Mirko Andrea Vizzini, Renato Giarrusso, Angelo Mulone, Massimiliana Pinto Vraca, Valeria La Parola, Pierluigi Rosina, Laura Bonfiglio, and Luca Sineo

PDF

Geochronological implications of 210Pb and 137Cs mobility in cave guano deposits, Donald A. McFarlane and Joyce Lundberg

Link

Groundwater vulnerability to pollution in karst aquifers, considering key challenges and considerations: application to the Ubriquesprings in southern Spain, Ana I. Maria, Jose Francisco Martin Rodriguez, and Juan Antonio Barbera

PDF

Increased cave use by butterflies and moths: a response to climate warming?, Otto Moog, Erhard Christian, and Rudolf Eis

PDF

In Memoriam: Ezio Burri (1946 - 2021), Jo De Waele

Link

Karst groundwater in UNESCO protected areas: a global overview, John Gunn

PDF

Low impact sampling of speleothems – reconciling scientific study with cave conservation, Claire L.V. MacGregor, John C. Hellstrom, Jon D. Woodhead, Russell N. Drysdale, and Rolan S. Eberhard

PDF

Microbially-mediated carbonate dissolution and precipitation; towards a protocol for ex-situ, cave-analogue cultivation experiments, Vanessa E. Johnston, Andrea Martín-Pérez, Sara Skok, and Janez Mulec

PDF

Microbiological study in a gneissic cave from Sri Lanka, with special focus on potential antimicrobial activities, Ethige Isuru P. Silva, Pathmakumara Jayasingha, Saman Senanayake, Anura Dandeniya, and Dona Helani Munasinghe

PDF

Microhabitat selection of a Sicilian subterranean woodlouse and its implications for cave management, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Stefano Mammola, Salvatore Costanzo, Giorgio Sabella, Rosolino Cirrincione, Giovanni Signorello, and Marco Isaia

PDF

Molecular genetic analysis of stygobiotic shrimps of the genus Xiphocaridinella (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) reveals a connection between distant caves in Central Abkhazia, southwestern Caucasus, Ivan Marin and Ilya Turbanov

PDF

Molecular phylogeny of cave dwelling Eremogryllodes crickets (Orthoptera, Myrmecophilidae) across Zagros Mountains and Southern Iran, Mohadeseh Sadat Tahami, Mina Hojat-Ansari, Anna Namyatova, and Saber Sadeghi

PDF

Monitoring photosynthetic activity using in vivo chlorophyll a fluorescence in microalgae and cyanobacteria biofilms in the Nerja Cave (Malaga, Spain), Yolanda Del Rosal, Juan Muñoz-Fernández, Paula S.M. Celis-Plá, Mariona Hernández-Mariné, Félix Álvarez-Gómez, Salvador Merino, and Félix L. Figueroa

PDF

Multi-criteria analysis for mapping susceptibility to iron formation caves development in the Gandarela mountain range (MG), southeast Brazil, Iraydes Tálita Nola and Luis Almeida Bacellar

PDF

On the genesis of aluminum-rich speleothems in a granite cave of NW Spain, Jorge Sanjurjo-Sanchez, Carlos Arce Chamorro, Juan Ramón Vidal Romaní, Marcos Vaqueiro-Rodríguez, Victor Barrientos, and Joeri Kaal

PDF

Protura (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) in Slovenian caves, Loris Galli, Franc Janžekovič, Peter Kozel, and Tone Novak

PDF

Speleogenesis in a lens of metamorphosed limestone and ankerite: Ochtiná Aragonite Cave, Slovakia, Pavel Bella, Pavel Bosák, Petr Pruner, Helena Hercman, Katarína Pukanská, Karol Bartoš, Ľudovít Gaál, Dagmar Haviarová, Peter Tomčík, and Šimon Kdýr

Link

Structural, geomorphic, and hydrochemical influences on the karst hydrogeology of the Haney Limestone in south-central Structural, geomorphic, and hydrochemical influences on the karst hydrogeology of the Haney Limestone in south-central Kentucky, USA, Sarah M. Arpin and Chris Groves

PDF

Table of Contents

PDF

The impact of burning on the structure and mineral composition of bat guano, Joyce Lundberg and Donald A. McFarlane

PDF

The relative importance of wind-driven and chimney effect cave ventilation: Observations in Postojna Cave (Slovenia), Lovel Kukuljan, Franci Gabrovsek, and Matthew Covington

PDF

Vermiculations in painted caves: New inputs from laboratory experiments and field observations, Perrine Freydier, Eric Weber, Jérôme Martin, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, Béatrice Guerrier, and Frédéric Doumenc

Submissions from 2020

PDF

12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia, Damien Finch, Andrew Gleadow, and Janet Hergt

3D Digital Geological Models: From Terrestrial Outcrops to Planetary Surfaces, R. Pozzobon, C. Mazzoli, and S. Salvini

Link

A 14C chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, Helen Fewlass, Sahra Talamo, and Lukas Wacker

PDF

Active growth of non-hydrothermal subaqueous and subaerial barite (BaSO4) speleothems in Lechuguilla Cave (New Mexico, USA), Max Wisshak, Hazel A. Barton, Katey E. Bender, and Harvey R. DuChene

Link

A Funerary Cave at Moxviquil, Chiapas, Mexico, Elizabeth H. Paris, Roberto López Bravo, and Stanley Serafin

Link

A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Chagyrskaya Cave, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Steffi Grote, and Cesare de Filippo

Link

A karst hydrology model for the geomorphic evolution of Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, Carol A. Hill and J. Polyak

Link

A late Neanderthal tooth from northeastern Italy, Matteo Romandini, Gregorio Oxilia, Eugenio Bortolini, and Stéphane Peyrégne

PDF

A massacre of early Neolithic farmers in the high Pyrenees at Els Trocs, Spain, Kurt W. Alt, Cristina Tejedor Rodríguez, and Manuel A. Rojo Guerra

Link

A multimillennial climatic context for the megafaunal extinctions in Madagascar and Mascarene Islands, Hanying Li, Ashish Sinha, Aurèle Anquetil André, and Christoph Spötl

Link

Ancestors of domestic cats in Neolithic Central Europe: Isotopic evidence of a synanthropic diet, Magdalena Krajcarz, Maciej Tomasz Krajcarz, Mateusz Baca, and Chris Baumann

PDF

Anchialine biodiversity in the Turks and Caicos Islands: New discoveries and current faunal composition, Brett C. Gonzalez, Alejandro Martínez, Jørgen Olesen, Sarit B. Truskey, Lauren Ballou, Marc Allentoft-Larsen, Joost Daniels, Paul Heinerth, Mark Parrish, Naqqi Manco, Jon Ward, Thomas M. Iliffe, Karen J. Osborn, and Katrine Worsaae

Link

Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history, Mark Lipson, Isabelle Ribot, and Swapan Mallick

PDF

An Epigravettian hypogeal site in the Grotta del Fiume Cave at Frasassi (northeastern Apennines, Italy): Environmental and geochronologic assessments, Alessandro Montanari, Artur Adamek, Angelo Curatolo, Marco P. Ferretti, Maurizio Mainiero, Sandro Mariani, David McGee, Gaia Pignocchi, and Stefano Recanatini

Link

A new and remarkable troglobitic Lepidocampa Oudemans, 1890 species from La Réunion Island, with a discussion on troglobiomorphic adaptations in campodeids (Diplura), Alberto Sendra, Alberto Jiménez-Valverde, and Jacques Rochat

Link

A new species of Cavernocypris(Ostracoda) from Texas(U.S.A.) with a taxonomic key, Okan Kulkoyluoglu

Link

A new species of Laoennea microsnail (Stylommatophora, Diapheridae) from a cave in Laos, Adrienne Jochum, Estée Bochud, Adrien Favre, and Marina Ferrand

Link

An investigation of ancient Maya intentional dental modification practices at Midnight Terror Cave using anthroposcopic and paleogenomic methods, Cristina Verdugo, Kimberly Zhu, and Michael Prout

Link

Antifungal Norditerpene Oidiolactones from the Fungus Oidiodendron truncatum, a Potential Biocontrol Agent for White-Nose Syndrome in Bats, Yudi Rusman, Michael B. Wilson, and Jessica M. Williams

Link

A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin, Peng Zhou, Xing-Lou Yang, Xian-Guang Wang, and Ben Hu

PDF

Aquatic fauna from the Takarkori rock shelter reveals the Holocene central Saharan climate and palaeohydrography, Wim Van Neer, Francesca Alhaique, and Wim Wouters

Link

A rare miniature and small-scale stencil assemblage from the Gulf of Carpentaria: replication and meaning in Australian rock art, Liam M. Brady, John J. Bradley, and Amanda Kearney

Link

Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia, Kseniya A. Kolobova, Richard G. Roberts, and Victor P. Chabai

Link

Assessing the Risks Posed by SARS-CoV-2 in and via North American Bats—Decision Framing and Rapid Risk Assessment, M. C. Runge, E. H.C. Grant, J. T.H. Coleman, and J. D. Gibbs

A Terminal Classic Period Moldedcarved Ceramic Production Mold from Actun Xtuyul, Pacbitun, Belize, Jon Spenard and Christophe G. Helmke

Link

Bat coronavirus phylogeography in the Western Indian Ocean, Léa Joffrin, Steven M. Goodman, and David A. Wilkinson

Link

Biomechanical simulations reveal a trade-off between adaptation to glacial climate and dietary niche versatility in European cave bears, Alejandro Pérez-Ramos, Z. J. Tseng, and Aurora Grandal-d'Anglade

PDF

Boletín EspeleoAr, Número 21, February 2020, Gabriel Redonte

PDF

Boletin GEA, Numero 58, February 2020, Maria Agustina Barbarich

PDF

Bubble trail and folia in cenote Zapote, Mexico: petrographic evidence for abiotic precipitation driven by CO2 degassing below the water table, Rafael López-Martínez, Fernando Gázquez, José M. Calaforra, Philippe Audra, Jean Y. Bigot, Teresa Pi Puig, Rocío J. Alcántara-Hernández, Ángel Navarro, Philippe Crochet, Liliana Corona Martínez, and Raquel Daza Brunet

Link

Buccal dental-microwear and feeding ecology of Early Pleistocene Theropithecus oswaldi from Cueva Victoria (Spain), L. M. Martínez, F. Estebaranz-Sánchez, and C. Ferràndez-Cañadell

PDF

Büster L., Warmenbol E. and Mlekuž M. (Eds.), 2019. Between worlds: Understanding ritual cave use in later prehistory, Konstantinos P. Trimmis

Link

Capturing the Forest: Ancient Maya Ritual Caves as Built Environments, Holley Moyes

Caribbean cyclone activity: an annually-resolved Common Era record, Dominik Schmitt, Eberhard Gischler, Flavio S. Anselmetti, and Hendrik Vogel

Link

Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Paleontological resource inventory (public version), S. Kottkamp, V. L. Santucci, J. S. Tweet, and R. D. Horrocks

PDF

Cave airflow mechanism of a crevice-type cave: A case study from Czechia, Martin Kašing and Jan Lenart

PDF

Cave Research Foundation Quarterly, Volume 48, No. 1, February 2020, Laura Lexander

Link

Caves and Dam Safety Improving Design with Evidences from Paleoseismology and Paleohydrology, L. F. Molerio-León

Link

Círculo De Interés De Carsología Y Espeleología: Una Experiencia De Trabajo, Yudiel Baldoquin Reyes and Javier Yraola Rodríguez

Link

Climate and ecology of the palaeo-Agulhas Plain from stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in bovid tooth enamel from Nelson Bay Cave, South Africa, Judith Sealy, Navashni Naidoo, and Vincent J. Hare

Link

Colonisation and early peopling of the Colombian Amazon during the Late Pleistocene and the Early Holocene: New evidence from La Serranía La Lindosa, Gaspar Morcote-Ríos, Francisco Javier Aceituno, José Iriarte, and Mark Robinson

Link

Comparison of climate and environment on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain to the Little Karoo (South Africa) in Marine Isotope Stages 5–3 as indicated by speleothems, Kerstin Braun, Miryam Bar-Mathews, and Alan Matthews

Link

Contemporaneity of Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and early Homo erectus in South Africa, Andy I.R. Herries, Jesse M. Martin, and A. B. Leece

Link

Cooked starchy rhizomes in Africa 170 thousand years ago, Lyn Wadley, Backwell, and d’Errico

PDF

Cosmogenic nuclide dating of cave sediments in the Eastern Alps and implications for erosion rates, Philipp Häuselmann, Lukas Plan, Peter Pointner, and Markus Fiebig

Link

Cultural Landscapes Inventory reports, National Park Service

PDF

Culture dependent analysis of bacterial diversity in Canada’s Raspberry Rising Cave revealed antimicrobial properties, Soumya Ghosh, Gabrielle Kam, Monique Nijjer, Christian Stenner, and Naowarat Cheeptham

Link

Darcy’s model with optimized permeability distribution for the simulation of Stokes flow and contaminant transport in karst aquifers, Mohammad S. Jamal and Abeeb A. Awotunde

PDF

Decimated little brown bats show potential for adaptive change, Giorgia G. Auteri and L. L. Knowles

PDF

Defining the hydrogeological behavior of karst springs through an integrated analysis: a case study in the Berici Mountains area (Vicenza, NE Italy), Filippo Torresan, Paolo Fabbri, and Leonardo Piccinini

Link

Defining the hydrogeological behavior of karst springs through an integrated analysis: a case study in the Berici Mountains area (Vicenza, NE Italy), Filippo Torresan, Paolo Fabbri, and Leonardo Piccinini

Link

Definition of groundwater genesis and circulation conditions of the complex hydrogeological karst system Mlava–Belosavac–Belosavac-2 (eastern Serbia), Ljiljana Vasić, Saša Milanović, and Zoran Stevanović

Link

Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau, Ann Gibbons

Link

Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau, Dongju Zhang, Huan Xia, Fahu Chen, and Bo Li

Link

Determination of recharge, storage and flow characteristics of a karst aquifer using multi-method approaches (Kocaeli, Turkey), Ahmet Şener, İrfan Yolcubal, and Ercan Sanğu

Link

Determining the salinity sources of the Barme Jamal karstic spring, Meydavod, Iran, N. Kalantari and H. Rouhi

Link

Development of a quantitative transport-time-based groundwater vulnerability model for non-point-source pollution in karst aquifers: a conceptual approach and example from the Tanour and Rasoun spring catchment, north-western Jordan, Ibraheem Hamdan, Thomas Ptak, and Bettina Wiegand

Link

Development of New Food-Sharing Relationships in Vampire Bats, Gerald G. Carter, Damien R. Farine, and Rachel J. Crisp

PDF

Did you wash your caving suit? Cavers’ role in the potential spread of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent of White-Nose Disease, Violeta Zhelyazkova, Antonia Hubancheva, Georgi Radoslavov, Nia Toshkova, and Sebastien J. Puechmaille

Link

Discovery of a significant cave entrance in stripe karst, Horsethief Creek Group, Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, Catherine Hickson, John Pollack, and Lambertus Struik

Link

Disease recovery in bats affected by white-nose syndrome, Nathan W. Fuller, Liam P. McGuire, and Evan L. Pannkuk

PDF

Distribution of crickets (Subfamily: Phalangopsinae) in caves of Baratang Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Amruta Dhamorikar, Dhanusha Kawalkar, and Shirish Manchi