This collection includes articles associated with the Karst Information Portal
Submissions from 2008
Current perspectives on the environmental impacts and hazards in karst, Mario Parise, Jo De Waele, and Francisco Gutierrez
Cypress Creek Project-Structural analysis: Characteristics of the Glen Rose formation in and around the Cypress Creek watershed and their implications on groundwater flow, Wesley Schumacher and Stephen Saller
Deciphering the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of the extinct cave bear in the Paleolithic painted cave of Chauvet, Céline Bon, Nicolas Caudy, and Maud de Dieuleveult
Delineating contributing areas for karst springs using NEXRAD data and cross-correlation analysis, Trevor Jones Budge
Detection and Characterization of Cavities, Tunnels, and Abandoned Mines
Difference in Receptor Usage between Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus and SARS-Like Coronavirus of Bat Origin, Wuze Ren, Xiuxia Qu, and Wendong Li
Distribution and habitat of Nothrotheriops (Xenarthra, Nothrotheridae) in the Pleistocene of North America, H. Gregory McDonald and G. T. Jefferson
Emplacement and preservation of vertebrates in caves and fissures, Michael J. Simms
Environmental monitoring in the Mechara caves, Southeastern Ethiopia: implications for speleothem palaeoclimate studies, Asfawossen Asrat, Andy Baker, and Melanie J. Leng
Environmental monitoring in the Mechara caves, Southeastern Ethiopia: implications for speleothem palaeoclimate studies, Asfawossen Asrat, Andy Baker, Melanie J. Leng, John Gunn, and Mohammed Umer
Epigene and hypogene gypsum karst manifestations of the Castile Formation: Eddy County, New Mexico and Culberson County, Texas, USA, Kevin W. Stafford, Raymond Nance, Laura Rosales-Lagarde, and Penelope J. Boston
Espeleo Informe Costa Rica, Volume 2, No. 2, January 2008, Carlos Goicoechea, Gustavo Quesada, and Ferdinando Didonna
Espeleo Informe Costa Rica, Volume 2, No. 3, June 2008, Carlos Goicoechea, Gustavo Quesada, and Ferdinando Didonna
Evaluation of the Option to Designate a Separate San Marcos Pool for Critical Period Management, S. B. Johnson and G. M. Schindel
Evaluation of the Option to Designate a Separate San Marcos Pool for Critical Period Management, S. B. Johnson and G. M. Schindel
Evidence of Early Inhabitants in Submerged Caves in Yucatan, Mexico, Arturo H. González, Carmen Rojas Sandoval, Eugenio Acevez Núñez, and Jerónimo Avilés Olguín
Evidence of Early Inhabitants in Submerged Caves in Yucatan, Mexico, Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena
Fault zone deformation controlled by carbonate mechanical stratigraphy, Balcones fault system, Texas, David A. Ferrill and Alan P. Morris
Field guide to the paleokarst of the southern Black Hills,South Dakota, Ira D. Sasowsky, Charles T. Feazel, and John E. Mylroie
Final Report Owl Creek Irrigation District Storage Level II Study, Short E. Hendricksoon
Finding resolution for the Howiesons Poort through the microscope: micro-residue analysis of segments from Sibudu Cave, South Africa, Marlize Lombard
Flowpath structure in a limestone aquifer: multi-borehole logging investigations at the hydrogeological experimental site of Poitiers, O. Audouin, J. Bodin, and G. Porel
Frontiers of Karst Research, Jonathan B. Martin and William B. White
Functional cranial analysis of large animalivorous bats (Microchiroptera), Patricia W. Freeman
Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas, Lauren K. Lucas, Zachariah Gompert, and James R. Ott
Geologic Controls on Interaction Between the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers, Balcones Fault System, Texas, David A. Ferrill, Alan P. Morris, and Darrell W. Sims
Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar—The persistence of a Neanderthal population, Clive Finlayson, Darren A. Fa, and Francisco Jiménez Espejo
Great Caves of the World, Tony Waltham
Groundwater contamination in caves: four case studies in Spain, Monserrat Jiménez-Sánchez, Heather Stoll, Iñaki Vadillo, Manolo López-Chicano, María Domínguez-Cuesta, Wenceslao Martín-Rosales, and Mónica Meléndez-Asensio
Groundwater temperature and electrical conductivity as tools to characterize flow patterns in carbonate aquifers: The Sierra de las Nieves karst aquifer, southern Spain, C. Liñán Baena, B. Andreo, and J. Mudry
Heat exchanges in the heterothermic zone of a karst system: Monlesi cave, Swiss Jura Mountains, Marc Luetscher, Baudouin Lismonde, and Pierre-Yves Jeannin
Hibernation can also cause high δ15N values in cave bears: A response to Richards et al, Aurora Grandal-d'Anglade and Daniel Fernández Mosquera
Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan: Distribution and interaction with a porous regolith, A. Hayes, O. Aharonson, and P. Callahan
Hydrodynamic aspect of caves, Mitja Prelovšek, Janez Turk, and Franci Gabrovšek
Hydrogeochemical processes as environmental indicators in drip water: study of the Cueva del Agua (Southern Spain), Angel Fernandez-Cortes, Jose Maria Calaforra, and Francisco Sánchez-Martos
Hydrogeochemistry, Groundwater Recharge, and Groundwater Ages in the Aquifers of South-Central Texas, Ali H. Chowdhury
Hydrogeological characterization of baseflow to Jacob’s Well spring, Hays County, Texas, Sarah Cain Davidson
Hydrogeologic characterization and methods used in the investigation of karst hydrology, D. O. Rosenberry
Hypogene Processes in the Balcones Fault Zone Edwards Aquifer in South-Central Texas, a New Conceptual Model to Explain Aquifer Dynamics, Geary M. Schindel, Seven Johnsoon, and Calvin E. Alexander
Hypogene Processes in the Edwards Aquifer in South-Central Texas, a New Conceptual Model to Explain Aquifer Dynamics, Geary M. Schindel, Steven Johnson, and E. Calvin Alexander Jr.
Indicators of Conservation Value of Azorean Caves Based on its Bryophyte Flora at Cave Entrances, Gabriel Rosalina, Fernando A.E.A.P. Pereira, and A. V. Paulo Borges
Innate and Learned Predator Recognition Mediated by Chemical Signals in Eurycea nana, Kristen J. Epp and Caitlin R. Gabor
Integration Models of Various Types of Aquifers for Water Quality Management in the Transboundary Area of the Soča/Isonzo River basin (Slovenia/Italy), Goran Vižintin, Nataša Ravbar, and Jože Janež
Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium, Gordon F. Rakita, Jane Buikstra, and Lane A. Beck
Intrinsic vulnerability assessment in karst areas: A numerical modeling approach, Christoph Butscher and Peter Huggenberger
Isotopic evidence for omnivory among European cave bears: Late Pleistocene Ursus spelaeus from the Peştera cu Oase, Romania, Michael P. Richards, Martina Pacher, and Mathias Stiller
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, Volume 70, No. 1, April 2008, Table of Contents, National Speleological Society
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, Volume 70, No. 2, August 2008, Table of Contents, National Speleological Society
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, Volume 70, No. 3, December 2008, Table of Contents, National Speleological Society
Karst Regions of the World (KROW): global Karst datasets and maps to advance the protection of Karst species and habitats worldwide USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, Emily Hollingsworth, Van Brahana, and Ethan Inlander
Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel, Part I: The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archaeology, Bar-Yosef Ofer and Liliane Meignen
Keeping the blood flowing—plasminogen activator genes and feeding behavior in vampire bats, Åsa Tellgren-Roth, Katharina Dittmar, and Steven E. Massey
La Grotte du Boquete de Zafarraya (Málaga, Andalousie). Cecilio Barroso Ruíz , Henry de Lumley, Lawrence Guy Straus
Landscape and a Visual Narrative of Creation and Origin at the Olmec Ceremonial Center of La Venta, Carolyn E. Tate
Late Middle Pleistocene climate in southwestern China: inferences from the stratigraphic record of Panxian Dadong Cave, Guizhou, Panagiotis Karkanas, Lynne A. Schepartz, Sari Miller-Antonio, and Wang Wei
Late Neandertals in Southeastern Iberia: Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, Murcia, Spain, Michael J. Walker, Josep Gibert, and Mariano V. López
Late Pleistocene cryogenic calcite spherolites from the Malachitdom Cave (NE Rhenish Slate Mountains, Germany): origin, unusual internal structure and stable C-O isotope composition, Detlev Konrad Richter and Dana Felicitas Christine Riechelmann
Latest information on Sterkfontein's Australopithecus skeleton and a new look at Australopithecus, Ronald J. Clarke
Layla Lakes, Saudi Arabia: The World-Wide Largest Lacustrine Gypsum Tufas, Stephan Kempe and Heiko Dirks
Luminescence chronology of cave sediments at the Atapuerca paleoanthropological site, Spain, G. W. Berger, A. Pérez-Gonzále, and E. Carbonell
Mapping and modelling of granite cavities: Problems in the representation of forms and work scale, Marcos Vaqueiro-Rodríguez, Ben Barreiro, and Reinaldo Costas Vazquez
Maya Caves Across Time and Space: Reading-Related Landscapes in K'iche' Maya Text, Ritual and History, Duncan M. Earle
Mayan Mortuary Deposits in the Cenotes of Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico, Carmen Rojas Sandoval, Arturo H. González, Alejandro Terrazas Mata, and Martha Benavente Sanvicente
Mechanisms of pigmentation loss in subterranean fishes, Vanessa Felice, Maria A. Visconti, and Eleonora Trajano
Microbial communities in karst groundwater and their potential use for biomonitoring, Michiel Pronk, Nico Goldscheider, and Jakob Zopfi
Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa, Lucinda Blackwell, Francesco d'Errico, and Lyn Wadley
Millennial-scale climate variability recorded in Brazilian speleothems, Augusto S. Auler, Hai Cheng, and Francisco W. Cruz Jr.
Molecular organic matter in speleothems and its potential as an environmental proxy, Alison J. Blyth, Andy Baker, and Matthew J. Collins
Molecular phylogeny of the blind cavefish Phreatichthys andruzzii and Garra barreimiae within the family Cyprinidae, Licia Colli, Annalisa Paglianti, and Roberto Berti
Monitoring climatological, hydrological and geochemical parameters in the Père Noël cave (Belgium): implication for the interpretation of speleothem isotopic and geochemical time-series, Sophie Verheyden, Dominique Genty, Guy Deflandre, Yves Quinif, and Eduard Keppens
Monitoring environmental pollution using a stalagmite from Hungary, S. Pilet, A. Demeny, and Sz. Leel-Ossy
Morphological and mechanical determinants of bite force in bats: do muscles matter?, Anthony Herrel, Ann De Smet, and Luis F. Aguirre
Morphological responses of cave bears (Ursus spelaeus group) to high-alpine habitats, Gernot Rabede, Irena Dabeljak, and Michael Hofreiter
Mundos Subterráneos, No. 18-19, April 2008, José G. Palacios-Vargas
National Cave and Karst Research Institute 2006-2007 annual report NCKRI biennial report, 2006-2007, National Cave and Karst Research Institute
National Cave and Karst Research Institute 2007-2008 Annual Report, National Cave and Karst Research Institute
National Cave and Karst Research Institute 2008-2009 Annual Report, National Cave and Karst Research Institute
Negotiations with the Animate Forest: Hunting Shrines in the Guatemalan Highlands, Linda A. Brown and Kitty F. Emery
New ages for the post-Howiesons Poort, late and final Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, South Africa, Zenobia Jacobs, Ann G. Wintle, and Geoffrey A. T. Duller
New data on the late Neandertals: Direct dating of the Belgian Spy fossils, Patrick Semal, Hélène Rougier, and Isabelle Crevecoeur
New Findings on the Origins of Thin Orange Ceramics, Evelyn Childs Rattray
Niche differentiation among sulfur-oxidizing bacterial populations in cave waters, Jennifer L. Macalady, Sharmishtha Dattagupta, and Irene Schaperdoth
Over Distant Waters: Places of Origin and Creation in Colonial K'iche'an Sources, Sachse Frauke
Palaeoclimate research in Villars Cave (Dordogne, SW-France), Dominique Genty
Palaeomagnetism and Magnetostratigraphy of Karst Sediments in Slovenia, Nadja Zupan Hajan, Andrej Mihevc, and Petr Pruner
Paleoclimate reconstruction in the Levant region from the geochemistry of a Holocene stalagmite from the Jeita cave, Lebanon, Sophie Verheyden, Fadi H. Nader, and Hai J. Cheng
Paleokarst reservoirs and gas accumulation in the Jingbian field, Ordos Basin, Jian Li, Wenzheng Zhang, Xia Luo, and Guoyi Hu
Pathogen and chemical transport in the karst limestone of the Biscayne aquifer: 3. Use of microspheres to estimate the transport potential of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, Ronald W. Harvey, David W. Metge, and Allen M. Shapiro
Patterns of faunal extinction and paleoclimatic change from mid-Holocene mammoth and polar bear remains, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, Douglas W. Veltre, David R. Yesner, and Kristine J. Crossen
Pesquisas em Turismo e Paisagens Cársticas, Volume 1, No. 2, December 2008, Heros Augusto Santos Lobo
Pictograph Representations in the Aktun K'ab Caves, in Kahua, Yucatan, Fátima Tec Pool
Places of Emergence: Sacred Mountains and Cofradía Ceremonies, Allen J. Christensen
Precipitation records of the last century reconstructed from annual growth-rate parameters of two Ethiopian stalagmites, Asfawossen Asrat and Andy Baker
Pre-Columbian Landscapes of Creation and Origin, Allen J. Christenson
Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation, Nancy B. Simmons, Kevin L. Seymour, and Jörg Habersetzer
Radiometric dating of the Earlier Stone Age sequence in Excavation I at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa: preliminary results, Michael Chazan, Hagai Ron, and Ari Matmon
RECORRIDO ARQUEOLÓGICO EN MENSABAK, CHIAPAS Y LOS MAYAS POSTCLÁSICOS E HISTÓRICOS EN LAS TIERRAS BAJAS, Joel W. Palka, Fabiola Sánchez Balderas, Ian Hollingshead, and Rebecca Deeb
Re-envisioning Ancient Maya Ritual Assemblages, James E. Brady and P. Peterson