This collection includes articles associated with the Karst Information Portal
Submissions from 2012
Pathology in euthermic bats with white nose syndrome suggests a natural manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, Carol U. Meteyer, Daniel Barber, and Judith N. Mandl
Pathology in euthermic bats with white nose syndrome suggests a natural manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, Carol U. Meteyer, Daniel Barber, and Judith N. Mandl
Petrographic and isotopic evidence for late-stage processes in sulfuric acid caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA, Margaret V. Palmer and Arthur N. Palmer
Phylogeography of sardinian cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes) is mainly determined by geomorphology, Ylenia Chiari, Arie van der Meijden, and Mauro Mucedda
Population genetics study of common (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) and soprano (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) pipistrelle bats from central Europe suggests interspecific hybridization, A. Sztencel-Jabłonka and W. Bogdanowicz
Population-level impact of white-nose syndrome on the endangered Indiana bat, Wayne E. Thogmartin, R. Andrew King, Patrick C. McKann, Jennifer A. Szymanski, and Lori Pruitt
Predator Generalization Decreases the Effect of Introduced Predators in the San Marcos Salamander, Eurycea nana, R. Drew, Kristen J. Epp, and Caitlin R. Gabor
Preliminary Observations on the Investigation of Midnight Terror Cave, Belize, James E. Brady and C. L. Kieffer
Present and Potential Future Distribution of Common Vampire Bats in the Americas and the Associated Risk to Cattle, Dana N. Lee, Monica Papeş, and Ronald A. Van den Bessche
Primulina guangxiensis sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from a karst cave in Guangxi, China, Yan Liu, Wei‐Bin Xu, and Yu‐Song Huang
Process length scales and longitudinal damping in karst conduits, M. D. Covington, A. J. Luhmann, C. M. Wicks, and M. O. Saar
Provenance and geological significance of red mud and other clastic sediments of the Mugnano cave (Montagnola Senese, Italy), Francesco Iacoviello and Ivan Martini
Punctual and continuous estimation of transit time from dissolved organic matter fluorescence properties in karst aquifers, application to groundwaters of ‘Fontaine de Vaucluse’ experimental basin (SE France), T. Blondel, C. Emblanch, C. Batiot-Guilhe, and Y. Dudal
Quantification of climate and vegetation from southern African Middle Stone Age sites – an application using Late Pleistocene plant material from Sibudu, South Africa, Angela A. Bruch, Christine Sievers, and Lyn Wadley
Radiocarbon dates from the Grotte du Renne and Saint-Césaire support a Neandertal origin for the Châtelperronian, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Sahra Talamo, and Michèle Julien
Radiocarbon dating & Bayesian modelling from the Grotte du Renne & a Neanderthal origin for the Châtelperronian, T. Higham, C. Ramsey, and L. Basell
Radiocarbon Dating of Rock Paintings: Incorporating Pictographs into the Archaeological Record, Jo McDonald and Peter Veth
Radionuclides as natural tracers for the characterization of fluids in regional discharge areas, Buda Thermal Karst, Hungary, Anita Erőss, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi, Heinz Surbeck, Ákos Horváth, Nico Goldscheider, and Anita É. Csoma
Recent Transmission of a Novel Alphacoronavirus, Bat Coronavirus HKU10, from Leschenault's Rousettes to Pomona Leaf-Nosed Bats: First Evidence of Interspecies Transmission of Coronavirus between Bats of Different Suborders, Susanna K.P. Lau, Kenneth S.M. Li, and Alan K. L. Tsang
Regionalization Based on Water Chemistry and Physicochemical Traits in the Ring of Cenotes, Yucatan, Mexico, R. Pérez-Ceballos, J. Pacheco-Avila, and J. I. Eáun-Avila
Regional-scale airborne electromagnetic surveying of the Yucatan karst aquifer (Mexico): geological and hydrogeological interpretation, Bibi R. N. Gondwe, David Ottowitz, Robert Supper, and Klaus Motschka
Relationship between carbon dioxide in Balcarka Cave and adjacent soils in the Moravian Karst region of the Czech Republic, Jiří Faimon, Monika Ličbinská, and Petr Zajíček
Resistivity Imaging and Natural Potential Applications to the Antioch Fault Zone in the Onion Creek / Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Buda, Texas, Mustafa Saribudak, Brian Hunt, and Brian Smith
Response of the Karst Phreatic Zone to Flood Events in a Major River (Bohemian Karst, Czech Republic) and Its Implication for Cave Genesis, H. Vysoka´, J. Bruthans, and Karen Žak
Review: Groundwater flow and transport modeling of karst aquifers, with particular reference to the North Coast Limestone aquifer system of Puerto Rico, Reza Ghasemizadeh, Ferdinand Hellweger, and Christoph Butscher
Revision of Cestocampa Condé (Diplura, Campodeidae), with description of a new species from caves in the eastern Iberian Peninsula, Alberto Sendra, Miquel A. Arnedo, and Charles Ribera
Revisiting the Hydrologic Divide Between the San Antonio and Barton Springs Segments of the Edwards Aquifer: Insights from Recent Studies, Brian A. Smith, Brian B. Hunt, and Steve B. Johnson
REVISITING THE HYDROLOGIC DIVIDE BETWEEN THE SAN ANTONIO AND BARTON SPRINGS SEGMENTS of THE EDWARDS AQUIFER: INSIGHTS FROM RECENT STUDIES, Brian A. Smith, Brian B. Hunt, and Steve B. Johnson
Revisiting the Hydrologic Divide Between the San Antonio and Barton Springs Segments of the Edwards Aquifer: Insights From Recent Studies, Brian A. Smith, Brian B. Hunt, and Steve B. Johnson
RITUAL LANDSCAPES of THE CAVES BRANCH RIVER VALLEY, Christophe Helmke and Kip Andres
Sacred Geography in the Nochixtlan Valley, Byron Ellsworth Hamann
Scientific diving techniques for the study of flooded sinkholes in Italy, G. Caramanna and R. Malatesta
Scientific drilling of speleothems – a technical note, Christoph Spötl and David Mattey
Seasonal resolution of Eastern Mediterranean climate change since 34 ka from a Soreq Cave speleothem, Ian J. Orland, Miryam Bar-Matthews, and Avner Ayalon
Secrets of Condoy: Discovering Oaxaca’s Ancient Mud Sculptures, Tamara Ballensky
Sensitivity analysis of conceptual model calibration to initialisation bias. Application to karst spring discharge models, N. Mazzilli, V. Guinot, and H. Jourde
Sex at Sterkfontein: ‘Mrs. Ples’ is still an adult female, Frederick E. Grine, Gerhard W. Weber, and J. Michael Plavcan
Simulation of saturated and unsaturated flow in karst systems at catchment scale using a double continuum approach, J. Kordilla, M. Sauter, T. Reimann, and T. Geyer
SINKHOLE EVOLUTION IN THE APULIAN KARST OF SOUTHERN ITALY: A CASE STUDY, WITH SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON SINKHOLE HAZARDS, Vincenzo Festa, Antonio Fiore, Mario Parise, and Agata Siniscalchi
Sinkhole Risk Assessment along Highway I-70 near Frederick, Maryland, Wanfang Zhou, Barry F. Beck, and Angela L. Adams
Small and large game: Human use of diverse faunal resources at Level IV of Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain), Ruth Blasco and Josep Fernández Peris
Small Caves and Sacred Geography: A Case Study from the Prehispanic Maya Site of Maax Na, Belize, C. L. Kieffer, Eleanor M. King, and James E. Brady
Sociality, density‐dependence and microclimates determine the persistence of populations suffering from a novel fungal disease, white‐nose syndrome, Kate E. Langwig, Winifred F. Frick, Jason T. Bried, and Alan C. Hicks
Solute transport in solution conduits exhibiting multi-peaked breakthrough curves, Malcolm S. Field and Feike J. Leij
Spatially dense drip hydrological monitoring and infiltration behaviour at the Wellington Caves, South East Australia, Catherine Jex, Ian Acworth, Cecilia Azcurra, Gregoire Mariethoz, Andy Baker, Peter Graham, Martin Andersen, and Nerilee Edwards
Spatially dense drip hydrological monitoring and infiltration behaviour at the Wellington Caves, South East Australia, Catherine N. Jex, Gregoire Mariethoz, Andy Baker, Peter Graham, Martin S. Andersen, Ian Acworth, Nerilee Edwards, and Cecilia Azcurra
Spectral Deconvolution and Quantification of Natural Organic Material and Fluorescent Tracer Dyes, Scott C. Alexander
Speleogenesis Along Deep Regional Faults by Ascending Waters: Case Studies from Slovakia and Czech Republic, Pavel Bella and Pavel Bosák
Speleogenesis, Hypogenic, Alexander Klimchouk
Speleogenetic effects of interaction between deeply derived fracture-conduit flow and intrastratal matrix flow in hypogene karst settings, Alexander Klimchouk, Elizaveta Tymokhina, and Gennadiy Amelichev
Speleogenetic effects of interaction between deeply derived fracture-conduit flow and intrastratal matrix flow in hypogene karst settings, A. Klimchouk, E. Tymokhina, and G. Amelichev
Speleothem isotopic evidence of winter rainfall variability in northeast Turkey between 77 and 6 ka, P. J. Rowe, J. E. Mason, J. E. Andrews, A. D. Marca, L. Thomas, P. van Calsteren, C. N. Jex, H. B. Vonhof, and S. Al-Omari
Speleothem microstructure/speleothem ontogeny: a review of Western contributions, William B. White
Speleothem Science: From Process to Past Environments, Ian J. Fairchild and Andy Baker
Spread of white-nose syndrome on a network regulated by geography and climate, Sean P. Maher, Andrew M. Kramer, Tomlin J. Pulliam, and Marcus A. Zokan
Stable isotopic analyses of cave bear bones from the Conturines cave (2,800m, South Tyrol, Italy), Micha Horaceek, Christinee Frischauf, and M. Pacher
StalAge – an algorithm especially designed for construction of speleothem age models, Denis Scholz
STAND STRUCTURE, WOODY SPECIES RICHNESS AND COMPOSITION of SUBTROPICAL KARST FORESTS IN MAOLAN, SOUTH-WEST CHINA, Z. H. Zhang, G Hu, and J. D. Zhu
Stochastic simulation of karst conduit networks, Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza, Peter A. Dowd, Chaoshui Xu, and Juan José Durán-Valsero
Swimming performance of epigeal and hypogeal species of Characidae, with an emphasis on the troglobiotic Stygichthys typhlops Brittan & Böhlke, 1965, Francisco Alexandre Costa Sampaio, Paolo Santos Pompeu, Hersília de Andrade e Santos, and Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
Systematics, conservation and morphology of the spider genus Tayshaneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) in Central Texas Caves, Joel Ledford, Pierre Paquin, James Cokendolpher, Josh Campbell, and Charles Griswold
Tacaribe virus causes fatal infection of an ostensible reservoir host, the Jamaican fruit bat, Ann Cogswell-Hawkinson, Richard Bowen, Stephanie James, David Gardiner, Charles H. Calisher, Rick Adams, and Tony Schountz
Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Quaternary faunas from caves in eastern tropical Queensland : a record of broad-scale environmental change, Jonathan Andrew Cramb
Technological, elemental and colorimetric analysis of an engraved ochre fragment from the Middle Stone Age levels of Klasies River Cave 1, South Africa, Francesco d'Errico, Renata García Moreno, and Riaan F. Rifkin
Technological, elemental and colorimetric analysis of an engraved ochre fragment from the Middle Stone Age levels of Klasies River Cave 1, South Africa, Francesco d’Errico, Renata García Moreno, and Riaan F. Rifkin
Temperature-Dependent Growth of Geomyces destructans, the Fungus That Causes Bat White-Nose Syndrome, Michelle L. Verant, Justin G. Boyles, and William Waldrep Jr.
Temperature-Dependent Growth of Geomyces destructans, the Fungus That Causes Bat White-Nose Syndrome, Michelle L. Verant, Justin G. Boyles, William Waldrep, and Gudrun Wibbelt
Temporal Trends in Precipitation and hydrologic Responses Affecting the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas, Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith, and Raymond Slade Jr.
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World, D. M. Olson, E. Dinerstein, and E. D. Wikramanayake
Tethysbaena ophelicola n. sp. (Thermosbaenacea), a new prime consumer in the Ophel biome of the Ayyalon Cave, Israel, H. P. Wagner
The Archaeological and Epigraphic Significance of Cuychen, Macal Valley, Belize, Christophe G.B. Helmke, Jaime J. Awe, Shawn G. Morton, and Gyles Iannone
The biogeochemical role of Actinobacteria in Altamira Cave, Spain, Soledad Cuezva, Angel Fernandez-Cortes, Estefania Porca, Lejla Pašić, Valme Jurado, Mariona Hernandez-Marine, Penelope Serrano-Ortiz, Bernardo Hermosin, Juan Carlos Cañaveras, Sergio Sanchez-Moral, and Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez
The complex origin of Astyanax cavefish, Joshua B. Gross
The effect of climate on acoustic signals: Does atmospheric sound absorption matter for bird song and bat echolocation?, Emilie C. Snell-Rood
The Effect of Tourist Visits on the Behavior of Rousettus madagascariensis (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Caves of Ankarana, Northern Madagascar, Scott G. Cardiff, Fanja H. Ratrimomanarivo, and Steven M. Goodman
The effect of visitors in a touristic cave and the resulting constraints on natural thermal conditions for palaeoclimate studies (Eagle Cave, central Spain), David Dominguez-Villar, Ian J. Fairchild, Rosa M. Carraasco, Javier Pedraza, and Andy Baker
The Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Palaearctic: Geographical variation and taxonomic status, Petr Benda, Peter Vallo, and Pavel Hulva
The El Gigante Rockshelter: Preliminary Observations on an Early to Late Holocene Occupation in Southern Honduras, Timothy E. Scheffler, Kenneth G. Hirth, and George Hasemann
The excavation of buried articulated Neanderthal skeletons at Sima de las Palomas (Murcia, SE Spain), Michael J. Walker, Mariano V. López-Martínez, and Jon Ortega-Rodrigáñez
The first in situ micro‐Raman spectroscopic analysis of prehistoric cave art of Rouffignac St‐Cernin, France, Sophia Lahlil, Matthieu Lebon, Lucile Beck, Hélène Rousselière, Colette Vignaud, Ina Reiche, Michel Menu, Patrick Paillet, and Frédéric Plassard
The First Interior? Reconsidering the Cave, D. J. Huppatz
The First Interior? Reconsidering the Cave, D. J. Huppatz
The Geomyces Fungi: Ecology and Distribution, Mark A. Hayes
The Historical Context of the Founding of Maya Cave Archaeology., James Stemp
The impact and implications of climate change for bats, Hayley A. Sherwin, W. Ian Montgomery, and Mathieu G. Lundy
The Magdalenian settlement of the Cantabrian region (Northern Spain): The view from El Miron Cave, Lawrence Guy Straus and Manuel R. González Morales
The Movement Ecology of the Straw-Colored Fruit Bat, Eidolon helvum, in Sub-Saharan Africa Assessed by Stable Isotope Ratios, Gonzalo Ossa, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Alison J. Peel, Anne K. Scharf, and Christian C. Voigt
The nature and distribution of flowing features in a weakly karstified porous limestone aquifer, L. D. Maurice, T. C. Atkinson, and J. A. Barker
The promoting effect of soil carbonic anhydrase on the limestone dissolution rate in SW China, Qiang Li, Yuanyuan He, and Zhongyi Li
The role of microorganisms in the formation of calcitic moonmilk deposits and speleothems in Altamira Cave, S. M.C. Sanchez-Moral, I. Portillo, and S. Janices
The role of near-surface cavities in the carbon dioxide cycle of karst areas: evidence from the Carburangeli Cave Natural Reserve (Italy), Paolo Madonia, Adriana Bellanca, and Rosario Di Pietro
The role of rock surface hardness and internal moisture in tafoni development in sandstone, Lisa Mol and Heather A. Viles
The study of hydrodynamic behaviour of a complex karst system under low-flow conditions using natural and artificial tracers (the catchment of the Unica River, SW Slovenia), Nataša Ravbar, Juan Antonio Barberá, and Metka Petrič
The Use of Caves as Water Sources., Dave Johnstone
The use of speleothems to better constrain long return period seismic hazard in Lebanon period seismic hazard in Lebanon, Corinne Lacave, Benjamin Sadier, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, and Carole Nehme
The voltage-gated potassium channel subfamily KQT member 4 (KCNQ4) displays parallel evolution in echolo- cating bats, Yang Liu, Naijian Han, and Lucía F. Franchini
The world’s deepest subterranean community - Krubera-Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus), Alberto Sendra and Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
Three new cavernicolous species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from southern China, with notes on a formal congener from the Philippines (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), Sergei I. Golovatch, Youbang Li, and Weixin Liu
