Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X)

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Cave and Karst Science (iv + 48pp) (PDF 6.4MB)        Individual articles may be available below

GUNN, John and David LOWE (eds.). (2012). Cave and Karst Science 39(2). Buxton: British Cave Research Association. ISSN 1356-191X. iv + 48pp, A4, with photos, maps and diagrams.
This issue has a cover date of 2012 (August) and was published in August 2012.

The Transactions of the British Cave Research Association

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Front cover photo (page i) (PDF 327KB)     

by Tony WALTHAM.
Temple Cave, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia. The isolated limestone hills containing the Batu Caves are possibly the most-visited karst locality in the tropics. Most of the visitors come to see the culturally important Temple Cave, which is dedicated to the Hindu deity Lord Subramaniam and which has become one of the main sacred sites in Malaysia. However, the adjacent caves that are largely in the dark zone are also of great speleobiological significance. They have been visited by many scientists over the last century and as a result are now the most thoroughly zoologically sampled anywhere in Southeast Asia. The species list (pp.77-92 of this Issue) is the most comprehensive for any cave in this geographical region. Conflicts arising from the dual religious and scientific values will have to be carefully managed if the ecology of the site is to be preserved. (Photograph by Tony Waltham.).

 

Notes for Contributors (page ii) (PDF 248KB)     

 

Contents (p49) (PDF 285KB)     

 

Editorial Advisory Board (p50) (PDF 154KB)     

 

Editorial (pp51-52) (PDF 234KB)     

by John GUNN and David LOWE.

 

Ostracoda (Crustacea) from freshwater caves in the western Black Sea region of Turkey (pp53-58) (PDF 871KB)     

by Mehmet YAVUZATMACA, Okan KÜLKÖYLÜOGLU, Necmettin SARI, Elif BASAK and Hamdi MENGI.
To understand cave Ostracoda assemblage composition and diversity in the western Black Sea region of Turkey, eleven caves were sampled between September and October, 2010. Seven ostracod taxa were recorded (Ilyocypris inermis, I. bradyi, Ilyocypris sp., Candona neglecta, Candona sp., Pseudocandona sp., and Heterocypris sp.) inhabiting six of eleven caves examined. Two additional taxa (Psychrodromus olivaceus and Psychrodromus sp.) were also collected outside of Çayirköyü Cave and the entrance of Aksu and Sarikaya caves, respectively. The records of adult individuals of I. inermis and I. bradyi represent the first records from cave environments, while the record of C. neglecta is only the second record from cave environments. Almost all of the caves studied were characterized by low diversity and abundance. Unweighted Pair Group Mean Averages with about 85% similarity indicated the presence of three groups comprised of three, seven and three sites respectively. Similarities based on ecological variables were higher between caves in close geographical proximity to each other compared to those farther apart. The results indicate that the occurrence of ostracods within caves is dependent on environmental conditions within the aquatic habitats present at the sites.
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Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 08 August 2011; Accepted: 20 June 2012.
Keywords: Ostracoda, caves, ecology, diversity, abundance.

Bibliograph: YAVUZATMACA, Mehmet; Okan KÜLKÖYLÜOGLU, Necmettin SARI, Elif BASAK and Hamdi MENGI. (2012). Ostracoda (Crustacea) from freshwater caves in the western Black Sea region of Turkey. Cave and Karst Science 39(2), pp53-58.

 

Phreatic maze caves, Grinton Moor, Swaledale, UK: survey of the Devis Hole Mine Caves (pp59-62) (PDF 1.1MB)     

by Tony HARRISON.
Remarkable phreatic maze caves, first entered by Victorian miners searching for lead ore, have been rediscovered in a series of digs over the last 40 years by members of the Moldywarps Speleological Group (MSG) in Devis Hole Mine, Swaledale, in the Yorkshire Dales. Most of the discoveries have been reported in three published. Previous surveys of individual sections of the natural caves have now been brought together for the first time in a single survey of the entire mine explored to date.
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Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 01 June 2012; Accepted: 01 July 2012.
Keywords: Devis Hole Mine, phreatic maze, survey.

Bibliograph: HARRISON, Tony. (2012). Phreatic maze caves, Grinton Moor, Swaledale, UK: survey of the Devis Hole Mine Caves. Cave and Karst Science 39(2), pp59-62.

 

The occurrence of Hydra circumcincta (Schulze, 1914) (Hydrozoa: Hydridae) in a well in the Dorset Chalk, UK (pp63-65) (PDF 615KB)     

by Lee R F D KNIGHT and Tim JOHNS.
This report details the first record of a Hydra species, Hydra circumcincta, from British groundwater. Ten polyps of the species were recorded from a well in the Dorset Chalk, while sampling for groundwater fauna as part of the Groundwater Animals-UK project. The Hydrozoa is a group rarely recorded from groundwater habitats with only one stygobitic species known to science. International records of Hydrozoa are discussed and several possible colonization pathways into the well are hypothesized.
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Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 04 May 2012; Accepted: 14 July 2012.

Bibliograph: KNIGHT, Lee R F D and Tim JOHNS. (2012). The occurrence of Hydra circumcincta (Schulze, 1914) (Hydrozoa: Hydridae) in a well in the Dorset Chalk, UK. Cave and Karst Science 39(2), pp63-65.

 

A new eyeless species of cave-dwelling trechine beetle from northeastern Guizhou Province, China (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) (pp66-71) (PDF 955KB)     

by Mingyi TIAN and Arthur CLARKE.
Qianaphaenops emersoni n. sp. is described from Gan Dong, a limestone cave in Yanhe Xian, northeastern Guizhou Province, China. Likely to be a narrow range endemic species, Q. emersoni is only known from two almost adjacent type locality sites in Gan Dong cave. Q. emersoni is the fifth species to be described in this genus of eyeless troglobitic trechine beetles, known only from caves in northeastern Guizhou; a distributional map of the genus Qianaphaenops Uéno is provided. Q. emersoni belongs to the Qianaphaenops tenuis species group which contains two described species: Q. tenuis and Q. rotundicollis (Uéno, 2000). Q. emersoni is very similar to Q. rotundicollis Uéno, but easily distinguished from the latter by its broader head and elytra, narrower pronotum and its more elongate and slender aedeagus. Some explanation of the exploration of Gan Dong is provided, along with habitat details of the trechine beetle Type Locality sites located approximately 950 metres into the cave. The subsequent discovery of an efflux cave, presumed to be the Gan Dong Resurgence, is also discussed.
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Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 22 June 2012; Accepted: 30 July 2012.
Keywords: Eyeless, cave-dwelling, narrow range endemic, troglobite, trechine, Qianaphaenops, new species, Guizhou, China.

Bibliograph: TIAN, Mingyi and Arthur CLARKE. (2012). A new eyeless species of cave-dwelling trechine beetle from northeastern Guizhou Province, China (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Cave and Karst Science 39(2), pp66-71.

 

Preparing the ground - new mechanisms for karst and speleogenesis: 'altération', fantomisation and replacement (pp72-76) (PDF 955KB)     

by Martin LAVERTY.
Two distinctive new rock alteration mechanisms that can lead to the development of karst features, including caves, are reviewed here for the first time in a British publication. Fantomisation is a two-stage process of partial dissolution around fractures followed, typically much later, by rapid removal of the residue to create passages. Replacement is the simultaneous volume-for-volume alteration of the mineralogy of the rock to create apparently buried forms in situ. These new explanations are not restricted to development of karst in carbonates, and can explain otherwise enigmatic features. They should be considered when interpreting the history, hydrology and morphology of caves and karst where the host rock has been in a low-energy environment with surface and/or fractures open enough for ingress of weathering fluid at some time since its deposition.
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Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 11 May 2012; Accepted: 01 July 2012.
Keywords: speleogenesis, 'altération', fantomisation, inception, ghost-rock, biorhexistasy, pseudoendokarst, replacement, terra rossa, pressure solution.

Bibliograph: LAVERTY, Martin. (2012). Preparing the ground - new mechanisms for karst and speleogenesis: 'altération', fantomisation and replacement. Cave and Karst Science 39(2), pp72-76.

 

Fauna reported from Batu caves, Selangor, Malaysia: annotated checklist and bibliography (pp77-92) (PDF 2.1MB)     

by Max MOSELEY, Teck Wyn LIM and Tze Tshen LIM.
The Batu caves are the only caves in the Malay Peninsula that are well investigated zoologically, and they are the most thoroughly sampled anywhere in Southeast Asia. However, the records have not been collated to provide a comprehensive overview of the fauna present. This issue is addressed here by presenting an authoritative checklist of all reported zoological taxa, together with ecological annotations and a comprehensive bibliography.
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Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 05 April 2012; Accepted: 26 June 2012.
Keywords: Malaysia, Batu caves, Dark Cave, species list, vertebrata, invertebrata.

Bibliograph: MOSELEY, Max; Teck Wyn LIM and Tze Tshen LIM. (2012). Fauna reported from Batu caves, Selangor, Malaysia: annotated checklist and bibliography. Cave and Karst Science 39(2), pp77-92.

 

Forum Correspondence: 1) Tensile strength of calcite. 2) Cave pearls (pp93-94) (PDF 444KB)     

by Charlie SELF.
Classification: Forum.

 

Book Review: Fantômes de roche et fantômisation: Essai sur un nouveau paradigme en karstogenese. By Yves Quinif (pp93-94)  For download see previous item

by Martin LAVERTY.
Classification: Forum.

 

Thesis Abstract. Doctoral thesis on fantomisation near Angouleme (2011) (pp93-94)  For download see previous item

by Grégory DANDURAND.
Classification: Forum.

 

Abstracts: Karstologia 57: 2011 (pp95-96) (PDF 425KB)     

Classification: Forum.

 

Research Fund and Grants (page iii) (PDF 43KB)     

 

Back cover photos (page iv) (PDF 433KB)     

Images from Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia (see Paper by Moseley et al., pp.77-92, this Issue), and see contents page for list of photos and credits.