This collection includes articles associated with the Karst Information Portal
Submissions from 2018
A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), Ruttapon Srisonchai, Henrik Enghoff, and Natdanai Likhitrakarn
Arid hypogene karst in a multi-aquifer system: hydrogeology and speleogenesis of Ashalim Cave, Negev Desert, Israel, Amos Frumkin and Boaz Langford
Assessing preservation priorities of caves and karst areas using the frequency of endemic cave-dwelling species, Eugen Nitzu, Vlaicu Marius, and Giurginca Andrei
Assessing submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and nitrate fluxes in highly heterogeneous coastal karst aquifers: Challenges and solutions, Daniel Montiela, Natasha Dimova, and Bartolomé Andreo
Assessment of groundwater recharge processes through karst vadose zone by cave percolation monitoring, Amaël Poulain, Arnaud Watlet, and Olivier Kaufmann
Assessment of Key Transport Parameters in a Karst System Under Different Dynamic Conditions Based on Tracer Experiments: the Jeita Karst System, Lebanon, Joanna Doummar, Armin Margane, and Tobias Geyer
A Tool to Assess How the Blanco River Interacts with Its Aquifers, Meadows Center for Water and the Environment-Texas State University
At the confluence of vicariance and dispersal: Phylogeography of cavernicolous springtails (Collembola: Arrhopalitidae, Tomoceridae) codistributed across a geologically complex karst landscape in Illinois and Missouri, Aron D. Katz, Steven J. Taylor, and Mark A. Davis
Auditory opportunity and visual constraint enabled the evolution of echolocation in bats, Jeneni Thiagavel, Clément Cechetto, and Sharlene E. Santana
A unique small-scale microclimatic gradient in a temperate karst harbours exceptionally high diversity of soil Collembola, Natália Raschmanová, Dana Miklisová, and Ľubomír Kováč
Australobius tracheoperspicuus sp. n., the first subterranean species of centipede from southern China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae), Qing Li, Su-jian Pei, and Xuan Guo
Aux origines de l’art dans le Jura. Il y a 32 000 ans la grotte des Gorges à Amange., Serge David
Bacterial diversity associated with mineral substrates and hot springs from caves and tunnels of the Naica Underground System (Chihuahua, Mexico), Adriana Espino del Castillo, Hugo Beraldi-Campesi, Patricia Amador-Lemus, Hiram Isaac Beltrán, and Sylvie Le Borgne
Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Karst Monitoring and Management Annual Report, Travis County Department of Transportation and Natural ResourcesNatural Resources and Environmental Quality Division and City of Austin Balcones Canyonlands Preserve
Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Habitat Conservation Plan to Conserve Salamanders and Address Water Withdrawals from the Edwards Aquifer Approved by Service, Adam Zerrenner and Lesli Gray
Bat Biology, Genomes, and the Bat1K Project: To Generate Chromosome-Level Genomes for All Living Bat Species, Emma C. Teeling, Sonja C. Vernes, and Liliana M. Davalos
Bat cave vulnerability index (BCVI): A holistic rapid assessment tool to identify priorities for effective cave conservation in the tropics, Krizler Cujuela Tanalgo, John Aries G. Tabora, and Alice Catherine Hughes
Bat Use of an Island off the Coast of Massachusetts, Zara R. Dowling and Danielle I. O'Dell
Beneath the Forest, Volume 11, No. 1, Spring 2018, Johanna L. Kovarik
Beneath the Forest, Volume 11, No. 2, Fall 2018, Johanna L. Kovank
Beyond art: The internal archaeological context in Paleolithic decorated caves, Ángeles Medina-Alcaide, Diego Garate-Maidagan, and Aitor Ruiz-Redondo
Biomimicry of volatile‐based microbial control for managing emerging fungal pathogens, K. T. Gabriel, D. Joseph Sexton, and C. T. Cornelison
Boletín EspeleoAr, Número 18, September 2018, Unión Argentina de Espeleología
Boletín EspeleoAr, Numero 19, December 2018, Unión Argentina de Espeleología
Capturing arthropod diversity in complex cave systems, J. Judson Wynne, Stefan Sommer, and Francis G. Howarth
Cave and Karst Systems of Romania, Gheorghe M.L. Ponta
Caves as observatories for atmospheric thermal tides: an example from Ascunsă Cave, Romania, Virgil Drăgușin, Laura Tîrlă, Nicoleta Cadicheanu, Vasile Ersek, and Ionuț Mirea
CavesLIVE!, Amtchat Edwards
Characteristics of paleogeomorphology and paleokarstification and the impact on natural gas accumulation: a case study of upper assemblage of Majiagou formation in central Sulige gas field, Ordos Basin, China, Liwen Zhu, Zhenliang Wang, and Bo Zhang
Characterization of Karst Conduit Network Using Long-Distance Tracer Test in Lijiang, Southwestern China, Jihong Qi, Mo Xu, and Xinyu Cen
Characterization of PdCP1, a serine carboxypeptidase from Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of White-nose Syndrome, Chapman Beekman, Zhenze Jiang, and Brian M. Suzuki
Circulation of Alphacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus and Paramyxovirus in Hipposideros bat species in Zimbabwe, Mathieu Bourgarel, Davies M. Pfukenyi, and Vanina Boué
Co-authorship analysis of the speleothem proxy-climate community: working together to tackle the big problems, Micheline L. Campbell, John N. Callow, Gavan S. McGrath, and Hamish A. McGowan
Comment on “U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art”, Ludovic Slimak, Jan Fietzke, and Jean-Michel Geneste
Common condition indices are no more effective than body mass for estimating fat stores in insectivorous bats, Liam P. McGuire, Lewis A. Kelly, and Dylan E. Baloun
Cranial vault thickness variation and inner structural organization in the StW 578 hominin cranium from Jacovec Cavern, South Africa, Amélie Beaudet, Kristian J. Carlson, and Ronald J. Clarke
Cross-Modality Information Transfer: A Hypothesis about the Relationship among Prehistoric Cave Paintings, Symbolic Thinking, and the Emergence of Language, Shigeru Miyagawa, Cora Lesure, and Vitor A. Nóbrega
Cryogenic Minerals in Hawaiian Lava Tubes: A Geochemical and Microbiological Exploration, Kimberly B. Teehera, Sean P. Jungbluth, and Bogdan P. Onac
Determinants of Pseudogymnoascus destructans within bat hibernacula: Implications for surveillance and management of white‐nose syndrome, Michelle L. Verant, Elizabeth A. Bohuski, and Katherine L. D. Richgels
Development of a Protocol for the Karst Water Source Protection Zoning: Application to the Classical Karst Region (NE Italy and SW Slovenia), Philippe Turpaud, Luca Zini, and Nataša Ravbar
Differences in VOC-Metabolite Profiles of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and Related Fungi by Electronic-nose / GC Analyses of Headspace Volatiles Derived from Axenic Cultures, Alphus Dan Wilson and Lisa Beth Forse
Differences in VOC-Metabolite Profiles of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and Related Fungi by Electronic-nose/GC Analyses of Headspace Volatiles Derived from Axenic Cultures, Alphus D. Wilson and Lisa B. Forse
Directionality of nose-emitted echolocation calls from bats without a nose leaf (Plecotus auritus), Lasse Jakobsen, John Hallam, and Cynthia F. Moss
Discharge hydraulic behavior comparison of two karstic springs in Kuhe-Safid anticline, Khuzestan, Iran, N. Kalantari and H. Rouhi
Discovery of a diverse cave flora in China, Alexandre K. Monro, Nadia Bystriakova, and Longfei Fu
Discovery of Novel Bat Coronaviruses in South China That Use the Same Receptor as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Chu-Ming Luo, Ning Wang, and Xing-Lou Yang
Diversity of Cyanobacteria on Limestone Caves, Czerwik-Marcinkoowska Joanna and Massalski Andrzej
Do cryptic species matter in macroecology? Sequencing European groundwater crustaceans yields smaller ranges but does not challenge biodiversity determinants, David Eme, Maja Zagmajster, and Teo Delic
Drip water measurements from Carlsbad Cavern: implications towards paleoclimate records yielded from evaporative-zone stalagmites, Victor J. Polyak, Jessica B.T. Rasmussen, and Yemane Asmerom
Dye Trace at Raccoon Cave near Jacob’s Well Spring, Hays County, Texas, Marcus Gary, Anastacio Moncada, and Ashely Waymouth
Earliest known hominin activity in the Philippines by 709 thousand years ago, T. Ingicco, G. D. Van den Bergh, and C. Jago-on
Early dates for ‘Neanderthal cave art’ may be wrong, Maxime Aubert, Adam Brumm, and Jillian Huntley
Economic value of bat predation services – A review and new estimates from macadamia orchards, Peter John Taylor, Ingo Grass, and Andries J. Alberts
Effect of torpor on host transcriptomic responses to a fungal pathogen in hibernating bats, Kenneth A. Firled, Brent J. Sewall, and Jenni M. Prokkola
Elevation Heterogeneity and the Spread of White-nose Syndrome in Bats, Catherine E. Read
Elevation heterogeneity and the spread of White-nose syndrome in bats, Catherine E. Read
Elevation heterogeneity and the spread of White-nose syndrome in bats, Catherine E. Read
Entropy analysis of frequency and shape change in horseshoe bat biosonar, Anupam K. Gupta, Dane Webster, and Rolf Müller
Espeleo, No. 30, 2018, Toni Pérez Fernández
EuroSpeleo newsletter, Bureau of the European Speleological Federation
Evaluating the applicability of European karst vulnerability assessment methods to the Yucatan karst, Mexico, Miguel Moreno-Gomez, Julia Pacheco, and Rudolf Liedl
Evidence for anti-Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) activity of propolis, Soumya Ghosh, Robyn McArthur, and Zhi Chao Guo
Evidence for late Pleistocene origin of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish, Julien Fumey, Hélène Hinaux, and Céline Noirot
Evidence for subsurface origin of boulder caves, roofed slots and boulder-filled canyons (Broumov Highland, Czechia), Filip Duszyński, Kacper Jancewicz, and Piotr Migoń
Evolutionary history and adaptation of a human pygmy population of Flores Island, Indonesia, Serena Tucci, Samuel H. Vohr, and Rajiv C. McCoy
Evolutionary history and adaptation of a human pygmy population of Flores Island, Indonesia, Serena Tucci, Samuel H. Vohr, and Rajiv C. McCoy
Evolution of noble gas and water isotopes along the regional groundwater flow path of the Konya Closed Basin, Turkey, N. Nur Ozyurt and C. Serdar Bayari
Experimental Infection of Tadarida brasiliensis with Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the Fungus That Causes White-Nose Syndrome, Michelle L. Verant, Carol U. Meteyer, and Benjamin Stading
Experimental Infection of Tadarida brasiliensis with Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the Fungus That Causes White-Nose Syndrome, Michelle L. Verant, Carol U. Meteyer, and Benjamin Stading
Exploring the Potential for Speleotourism Development in Eastern Serbia, Nemanja Tomić, Aleksandar Antić, and Slobodan B. Marković
Extremely high diversity of sulfate minerals in caves of the Irazú Volcano (Costa Rica) related to crater lake and fumarolic activity, Andrés Ulloa, Fernando Gázquez, Aurelio Sanz-Arranz, Jesús Medina, Fernando Rull, José María Calaforra, Guillermo E. Alvarado, María Martínez, Geoffroy Avard, J. Maarten De Moor, and Jo De Waele
Extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet light in the fungal pathogen causing white-nose syndrome of bats, Jonathan M. Palmer, Kevin P. Drees, and Jeffrey T. Foster
Extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet light in the fungal pathogen causing white-nose syndrome of bats, Jonathan M. Palmer, Kevin P. Drees, and Jeffrey T. Foster
Extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet light in the fungal pathogen causing white-nose syndrome of bats, Jonathan M. Palmer, Kevin P. Drees, and Jeffrey T. Foster
Fatal swine acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by an HKU2-related coronavirus of bat origin, Peng Zhou, Hang Fan, and Tian Lan
Fermented beverage and food storage in 13,000 y-old stone mortars at Raqefet Cave, Israel: Investigating Natufian ritual feasting, Li Liu, Jiajing Wang, and Danny Rosenberg
Final Habitat Conservation Plan for Managed Groundwater Withdrawals from the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, John T. Dupnik, Brian A. Smith, and Brian Hunt
Final Habitat Conservation Plan for Managed Groundwater Withdrawals from the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, John T. Dupnik, Brian A. Smith, and Brian B. Hunt
Fireflies Thwart Bat Attack with Multisensory Warnings, Brian C. Leavell, Juliette J. Rubin, and Christopher J. W. McClure
First assessment on the air CO2 dynamic in the show caves of tropical karst, Vietnam, Duc A. Trinh, Quan H. Trinh, Angel Fernández-Cortés, David Mattey, and Javier G. Guinea
Five new hypogean Occidenchthonius (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Portugal., Juan A. Zaragoza and Ana Sofia P. S. Reboleira
Fluorescence-based Multi-parameter Approach to Characterize Dynamics of Organic Carbon, Faecal Bacteria and Particles at Alpine Karst Springs, Simon Frank, Nadine Goeppert, and Nico Goldscheider
Four new species of the Glyphiulus javanicusgroup from southern China (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae), Xuankong Jiang, Xuan Guo, and Huiming Chen
FROM PHOTOGS TO MODELS: DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF PRE-HISPANIC PACBITUN, BELIZE, John Spenard, Michael Mirro, and George J. Micheletti
Geoarchaeological and 3D visualisation approaches for contextualising in-situ fossil bearing palaeokarst in South Africa: A case study from the ∼2.61 Ma Drimolen Makondo, Andy I.R. Herries, Ashleigh Murszewski, and Robyn Pickering
Geological hazards resulting from the planned construction of a water dam “Skalička” near the Hranice Karst and the Hranice Abyss, Milan Geršl and Ondřej Konečný
Geological Heritage Values of the Yongcheon Cave (Lava Tube Cave), Jeju Island, Korea, K. S. Woo, L. Kim, and Hyoseon Ji
Geologic controls on hydraulic conductivity in a karst-influenced carbonate bedrock groundwater system in southern Ontario, Canada, Elizabeth H. Priebe, F. R. Brunton, and D. L. Rudolph
Geologic Mapping of Upper Glen Rose Unit 3 (Lower Cretaceous) In The Onion Creek Basin, Western Hays County, Texas: Implications for Recharge to the Trinity Aquifer, Jeffery A. Watson, Alex S. Broun, and Brian B. Hunt
Geophysical Survey to Study the Stability of a Karstic Cave, G. Leucci, D. De Domenico, and M. T. Carrozzo
Glacio-Karst Limestone and Jointing of Inishmore, Ireland, R. J. Kozich and Leslie Sautter
Global distribution and use of water from karst aquifers, Zoran Stevanovic
Gota a gota, Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarrillo
Groundwater Flow Systems in Multiple Karst Aquifers of Central Texas, Brian A. Smith, Brian B. Hunt, and Douglas A. Wierman
Groundwater Level Monitoring Results for Htgcd Transducer Wells and Wimberley Valley Public Water Supply Wells, Hays County, Central Texas, Douglas A. Wierman and Brian B. Hunt
Hells Bells – unique speleothems from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, generated under highly specific subaquatic conditions, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Eberhard Frey, and Patrick Zell
Holocene climate change, permafrost and cryogenic carbonate formation: insights from a recently deglaciated, high-elevation cave in the Austrian Alps, C. Spötl and H. Cheng