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Submissions from 2023

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Paleokarst coastal caves at Torricelle Hills (Lessini Mountains, Venetian Prealps, Italy), Guido Gonzato, Enrico Borghi, Roberto Chignola, Nereo Preto, and Guido Rossi

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Pigment spectroscopy analyses in Maltravieso cave, Spain, Pierluigi Rosina, Hipólito Collado, Sara Garcês, Hugo Gomes, Virginia Lattao, Maria Nicoli, Negar Eftekhari, and Carmela Vaccaro

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Predicting and explaining karst spring dissolved oxygen using interpretable deep learning approach, Renjie Zhou and Yanyan Zhang

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Predictive modeling of cave entrance locations: relationships between surface and subsurface morphology, William Blitch, Adia R. Sovie, and Benjamin W. Tobin

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Preliminary data of potentially hazardous radon concentrations in Modrič Cave (Croatia), Robert Lončarić, Vanja Radolić, Maša Surić, Igor Miklavčić, Matea Šatalić, Dalibor Paar, and Lukrecija Obšivač

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Preliminary investigations of microplastic pollution in karst systems, from surface watercourses to cave waters, Valentina Balestra, Bartolomeo Vigna, Sean De Costanzo, and Rossana Bellopede

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Rainfall events‐spring flow relationship and karst flow component analysis in a conduit‐matrix coupled system, Yuxi Li, Longcang Shu, Peipeng Wu, Zhike Zou, Tianyu Zhou, and Lei Huang

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Record and paleoecological insights of a sub‐adult specimen of Smilodon populator Lund, 1842 found in a cave in Bahia, Brazil, Ana Paula Andrade de Lima, Fernando Henrique de Souza Barbosa, Hermínio Ismael de Araújo‐Júnior, Laís Alves Silva, André Vieira Araújo, and Mário André Trindade Dantas

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Regional-scale reactive transport modelling of hydrogeochemical evolution in a karstic carbonate aquifer, E. H. Priebe, R. T. Amos, R. E. Jackson, and D. L. Rudolph

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Reverse pseudo-gours: a new sub-type of folia observed in the Nerja Cave (SE Spain), Cristina Liñán Baena, Concepción Jiménez de Cisneros, Yolanda Del Rosal, and Paolo Forti

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Revisiting the late Quaternary fossiliferous infills of Cathedral Cave, Wellington Caves (central eastern New South Wales, Australia), Diana A. Fusco, Lee J. Arnold, Grant A. Gully, Vladimir A. Levchenko, Geraldine E. Jacobsen, and Gavin J. Prideaux

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Rock Art Surveys in the Sudanese Eastern Desert: Results of the 2018–2019 Atbai Survey Project, Julien Cooper and Dorian Vanhulle

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Seasonal dynamics of karst surface dissolution based on a limestone tables experiment (Slovak karst), Alena Gessert and Zdenko Hochmuth

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Seasonality of Human Occupations in El Mirón Cave: Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Settlement-Subsistence Systems in Cantabrian Spain, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Jeanne Marie Geiling, Emily Lena Jones, Milena Carvalho, Manuel R. González Morales, and Lawrence Guy Straus

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Sinocyclocheilus longicornus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new species of microphthalmic hypogean fish from Guizhou, Southwest China, Cheng Xu, Tao Luo, Jia-Jun Zhou, Li Wu, Xin-Rui Zhao, Hong-Fu Yang, Ning Xiao, and Jiang Zhou

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Synthesizing multifaceted characterization techniques to refine a conceptual model of groundwater sources to springs in valley settings (Minnesota, USA), John D. Barry, Anthony C. Runkel, and E. Calvin Alexander Jr.

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The Acoustics of Aggregation Sites: Listening to the Rock Art Landscape of Cuevas de la Araña (Spain), Neemias Santos da Rosa, Lidia Álvarez Morales, Ximo Martorell Briz, Laura Fernández Macías, and Margarita Díaz-Andreu

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The cave bears from Imanay Cave (Southern Urals, Russia), Dmitry Gimranov, Hervé Bocherens, Nadja Kavcik-Graumann, Doris Nagel, and Gernot Rabeder

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The deep past in the virtual present: developing an interdisciplinary approach towards understanding the psychological foundations of palaeolithic cave art, Izzy Wisher, Paul Pettitt, and Robert Kentridge

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The earliest basketry in southern Europe: Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol), Francisco Martínez-Sevilla, Maria Herrero-Otal, María Martín-Seijo, Jonathan Santana, José A. Lozano Rodríguez, Ruth Maicas Ramos, Miriam Cubas, Anna Homs, Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez, Ingrid Bertin, Rosa Barroso Bermejo, Primitiva Bueno Ramírez, Rodrigo de Balbín Behrmann, Antoni Palomo Pérez, Antonio M. Álvarez-Valero, Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Mercedes Murillo-Barroso, Eva Fernández-Domínguez, Manuel Altamirano García, Rubén Pardo Martínez, Mercedes Iriarte Cela, Javier L. Carrasco Rus, Carmen Alfaro Giner, and Raquel Piqué Huerta

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The first European woolly rhinoceros mitogenomes, retrieved from cave hyena coprolites, suggest long-term phylogeographic differentiation, P. A. Seeber, Z. Palmer, A. Schmidt, A. Chagas, K. Kitagawa, E. Marinova-Wolff, Y. Tafelmaier, and L. S. Epp

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The first European woolly rhinoceros mitogenomes, retrieved from cave hyena coprolites, suggest long-term phylogeographic differentiation, P. A. Seeber, Z. Palmer, A. Schmidt, A. Chagas, K. Kitagawa, E. Marinova-Wolff, Y. Tafelmaier, and L. S. Epp

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The migration and transformation processes of dissolved organic matter in rainwater- drip water- phreatic water of a typical karst spring catchment, in South China, Jie Shi, Guanghui Jiang, Ziyong Sun, Fan Liu, and Qigang Wang

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The Mineral Waters of Indiana, W. S. Blatchley

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The physical activity of Spanish speleologists: accomplishment of recommendations and differences by sociodemographic variables, Miquel Pans, Laura Antón-González, and Maite Pellicer-Chenoll

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The utility of alpine cave fossil assemblages for zoological census: an example from northern Utah, United States, Kaedan O’Brien, Randall B. Irmis, Joan Brenner Coltrain, Daniel Martin Dalmas, Katrina M. Derieg, Thomas Evans, Eric S. Richards, Fumiko M. Richards, Eric A. Rickart, and J Tyler Faith

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Towards a better understanding of time-lags in karst aquifers by combining hydrological analysis tools and dye tracer tests. Application to a binary karst aquifer in southern Spain, J. F. Martín-Rodríguez, M. Mudarra, B. De la Torre, and B. Andreo

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Unravelling biotic versus abiotic processes in the development of large sulfuric-acid karsts, D. Laurent, G. Barré, C. Durlet, P. Cartigny, C. Carpentier, G. Paris, P. Collon, J. Pironon, and E.C. Gaucher

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Uropterygius cyamommatus, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from anchialine caves in Christmas Island, Australia, and Panglao Island, the Philippines, Wen-Chein Huang and Heok Hui Tan

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Water isotope analyses and flow measurements for understanding the stream and meteoric recharge contributions to the Poiano evaporite karst spring in the North Apennines, Italy, F. Ronchetti, M. Deiana, S. Lugli, M. Sabattini, V. Critelli, A. Aguzzoli, and M. Mussi

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What happened to the karst spring Ombla water temperature?, Ognjen Bonacci, Tanja Roje-Bonacci, Adrijana Vrsalović, and Krešimir Kuk

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Why the delay in recognizing terrestrial obligate cave species in the tropics?, Francis G. Howarth

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World Karst Aquifer Map (WoKAM), International Groundwater Resrources Assessment Centre

Submissions from 2022

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2004: Eleventh International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology Pico Island, Azores, May 12-18, 2004, International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

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2006: Twelfth International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico, July 2-7, 2006, International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

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2007: Cave-dwelling invertebrates of Grand Canyon National Park, J. Judson Wynne, Charles A. Drost, and Neil S. Cobb

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2010: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology Undara Volcanic National Park, Queensland, Australia August 2010, International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

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2017 Groundwater Tracing in the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer: Onion Creek and Little Bear Creek, S. J. Zappitello and David A. Johns

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23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, David C. Culver

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A 23-Year-Old Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Record From Southwest Saskatchewan, Canada, Katie R.N. Florko, Shelby J. Bohn, and Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell

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A 2500-Yr late Holocene multi-proxy record of vegetation and hydrologic changes from a cave guano-clay sequence in Sw Romania, Bogdan P. Onac, Simon M. Hutchinson, and Anca Geantă

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Absence of visitors during lockdown reveals natural variation in carbon dioxide level in the Glowworm Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand, David J. Merritt, Chris Hendy Dr, and Shannon Corkill Ms

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Addenda and corrigenda to the "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)", Adriano B. Kury and Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

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Adits, caves, karizi-qanats, and tunnels in Afghanistan: an annotated bibliography, R. Lee Hadden

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Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave, Katerina Douka, Viviane Slon, and Zenobia Jacobs

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Age of the epigenetic karst from the central region of Sierra de los Órganos, Pinar del Río, Cuba, Carlos Díaz Guanche, Hermes Farfán González, Leslie F. Molerio León, Reinaldo Rojas Consuegra, Jesús Pajón Rodríguez, Robert Ramírez Hernández, and Elmidio Estévez Cruz

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Airflow dynamics in Wind Cave and Jewel Cave: How do barometric caves breathe?, Annika K. Gomell and Andreas Pflitsch

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Algae and cyanobacteria in the aphotic habitats of Veternica Cave (Medvednica Mt., Croatia) and selected caves of the Dinaric karst (South-Eastern Europe), Najla Baković, Tanja Pipan, Robert Baković, Roman Ozimec, Josip Rubinić, and Renata Matoničkin Kepčija

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Alpine permafrost thawing during the Medieval Warm Period identified from cryogenic cave carbonates, M. Luetscher, M. Borreguero, and G. E. Moseley

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Amplification of emerging Viruses in a bat colony, Jan Felix Drexler, Victor Max Corman, and Tom Wegner

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Analysis of cave atmospheres by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) with flame ionization detection (FID), Ryan C. Blase, Edward L. Patrick, and Joseph N. Mitchell

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Analysis of Haplotypic Variation and Deletion Polymorphisms Point to Multiple Archaic Introgression Events, Including from Altai Neanderthal Lineage, Ozgur Taskent, Yen Lin, and Ioannis Patramanis

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Analysis of the Comal Springs and San Marcos Springs long-term monitoring dataset., Joshuah S. Perkin, Ely Kosnicki, and Jacob Jackson

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An annotated dataset of Egyptian fruit bat vocalizations across varying contexts and during vocal ontogeny, Yosef Prat, Mor Taub, and Yossi TaubYovel Pratt

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Ancient DNA Analyses Reveal High Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Diversity and Parallel Morphological Evolution of Late Pleistocene Cave Bears, Michael Hofreiter, Cristian Capelli, and Matthias Krings

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Ancient DNA and the Population Genetics of Cave Bears (Ursus spelaeus) Through Space and Time, Ludovic Orlando, Dominique Bonjean, and Herve Boncherens

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Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears, Gloria G. Fortes, Aurora Grandal-d'Anglade, and Ben Kolbe

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Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present day Europeans, Iosif Lazaridis, Nick Patterson, and Alissa Mittnik

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Ancient Matting from Spirit Cave, Nevada: Technical Implications, Penelope Drooker

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Ancient Proteins Tell Their Tales, Matthew Warren

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Ancient Spring Tunnels of Jerusalem, Israel: Physical, Spatial, and Human Aspects, Azriel Yechezkel, Amos Frumkin, and Shaul Tzionit

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An early bone tool industry from the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, South Africa : implications for the origins of modern human behaviour, symbolism and language, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco D'Errico, and Curtis W. Marean

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An Examination of Stormwater Quality and Quantity in Austin Area Creeks, Weizhen Zhu and Roger Glick

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An exclusively hyena-collected bone assemblage in the Late Pleistocene of Sicily: taphonomy and stratigraphic context of the large mammal remains from San Teodoro Cave (North-Eastern Sicily, Italy), Gabriella Mangano

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Animals from the Maya Underworld: Reconstructing Elite Maya Ritual at the Cueva de los Quetzales, Guatemala, James E. Brady

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An integrated approach for catchment delineation and conduit-network modeling in karst aquifers: application to a site in the Swiss tabular, Arnauld Malard, Pierre-Yves Jeannin, and Jonathan Vouillamoz

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An Integrated Approach to Characterising Sulphur Karst Springs: A Case Study of the Žvepovnik Spring in NE Slovenia, Petra Žvab Rožič, Teja Polenšek, Timotej Verbovšek, Tjaša Kanduč, Janez Mulec, Polona Vreča, Ljudmila Strahovnik, and Boštjan Rožič

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An Introduction and Virtual Geologic Field Trip to the Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, New Mexico-West Texas, Peter Scholle

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An Introduction to Some Cave Fauna of Malaysia and Thailand, Liz Price

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An inventory of paleontological resources associated with national park service caves, Vincent L. Santucci, Jason Kenworthy, and Ron Kerbo

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An Inventory of Trilobites from National Park Service Areas, Megan R. Norr, Vincent L. Santucci, and Justin S. Tweet

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An investigation of bat mortality in British Columbia, Canada, Imara Beattie, Delaney Schofer, Glenna McGregor, Michael J. Lee, Lisa K.F. Lee, Chelsea G. Himsworth, and Kaylee A. Byers

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An Investigation of Hydrogeologic, Stratigraphic, and Structural Controls on Acer Grandidentatum Communities in a Karst Landscape, Owl Mountain Province, Fort Hood Military Installation, Texas, Melinda S. Faulkner

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Anomalous behaviour of specific electrical conductivity at a karst spring induced by variable catchment boundaries: the case of the Podstenjšek spring, Slovenia, Nataša Ravbar, Irina Engelhardt, and Nico Goldscheider

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An Ordovician carbonate reservoir in strike-slip structures producing from fault-associated fracture systems, 3D seismic region of Northern Shun 8 block (Tarim Basin), Li Bing, Zhao Rui, and Kong Qiangfu

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An Overview of the Karst Areas in British Columbia, Canada, Tim R. Stokes and Paul A. Griffiths

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Anthropogenic fire fingerprints in Late Pleistocene and Holocene sediments of Sodmein Cave, Egypt, Luisa Wöstehoff, Karin Kindermann, Wulf Amelung, Arne Kappenberg, Felix Henselowsky, and Eva Lehndorff

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Anthropogenic impacts on the Glowworm Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand: a microclimate management approach, Chris Hendy, David J. Merritt, and Shannon Corkill

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Anthropogenic use, modification, and preservation of coastal cave resources in Puerto Rico, Michael J. Lace

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An Unsupervised Fuzzy System for the Automatic Detection of Candidate Lava Tubes in Radar Sounder Data, Elena Donini, Leonardo Carrer, Christopher Gerekos, Lorenzo Bruzzone, and Francesca Bovolo

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Apidima Cave fossils provide earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia, Katerina Harvatie, Carolin Röding, and Abel M. Bosman

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Application of a cave inventory system to stimulate development of management strategies: The case of west-central Florida, USA, Grant L. Harley, Jason S. Polk, and Leslie A. North

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Application of EPIK and KDI methods for identification and evaluation of karst vulnerability at Intervales State Park and surrounding region (Southeastern Brazil), Bruno D. Lenhare and William S. Filho

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Application of Integrated Geophysical Techniques to Characterize the Edwards Aquifer, Texas, Charles B. Connor and Stewart K. Sandberg

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Application of the flow dimension concept for numerical drawdown data analyses in mixed-flow karst systems, M. Giese, T. Reimann, and R. Liedl

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Applying species distribution models to caves and other subterranean habitats, Stefano Mammola and Boris Leroy

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Aquifers and hyporheic zones: Towards an ecological understanding of groundwater, Peter J. Hancock, Andew J. Boulton, and William F. Humphreys

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Aquifers of the Edwards Plateau, Robert E. Mace and Edward S. Angle

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Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France), Andy Needham, Izzy Wisher, Andrew Langley, Matthew Amy, and Aimée Little

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Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Stoichiometry and Its Influencing Factors in Karst Primary Forest, Chen Zhang, Fuping Zeng, Zhaoxia Zeng, Hu Du, Lijin Zhang, Liang Su, Mengzhen Lu, and Hao Zhang

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Cave Bears (Ursus Spelaeus sensu lato) of the Urals, D. O. Gimranov and P. A. Kosintsev

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Characterization of Karst Springs from Zagros Mountain in southwestern Iran, Fatemeh Geravand, Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, Mehran Maghsoudi, and Mojtaba Yamani

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Characterizing Hydrological Functioning of Three Large Karst Springs in the Salem Plateau, Missouri, USA, Shishir K. Sarker and Alan E. Fryar

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Climatic fingerprint of spring discharge depletion in the southern Italian Apennines from 1601 to 2020 CE, Nazzareno Diodato, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Francesco Fiorillo, Libera Esposito, Gerardo Ventafridda, and Gianni Bellocchi

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Comparison of microbial indicators and seasonal temperatures as means for evaluating the vulnerability of water resources from karst and siliciclastic springs, Dorothy J. Vesper, Emily Bausher, and Autum Downey

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Contaminant exposure as an additional stressor to bats affected by white-nose syndrome: current evidence and knowledge gaps, Ashleigh B. Cable, Emma V. Willcox, and Christy Leppanen

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Contribution of the satellite-data driven snow routine to a karst hydrological model, Süleyman Selim Çallı, Kübra Özdemir Çallı, M. Tuğrul Yılmaz, and Mehmet Çelik

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Crystallization pathways, fabrics and the capture of climate proxies in speleothems: Examples from the tropics, Silvia Frisia, Andrea Borsato, Adam Hartland, Mohammadali Faraji, Attila Demeny, Russell N. Drysdale, and Christopher E. Marjo

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Defining and Characterising Clusters in Palaeolithic Sites: a Review of Methods and Constraints, Laura Sánchez-Romero, Alfonso Benito-Calvo, and Joseba Rios-Garaizar

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Detection and classification of potential caves on the flank of Elysium Mons, Mars., Ravi Sharma and Neeraj Srivastava