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Author Wilkens, H.

Title Subterranean ecosystems / edited by Horst Wilkens, David C. Culver, William F. Humphreys
Edition First edition
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science, 2000

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Description 791 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Series Ecosystems of the world ; 30
Ecosystems of the world ; 30
Contents Machine derived contents note: Part and selected chapter headings: Classification, Geological Characterization, and Distribution of the Different Subsurface Biota. Generalities and diversity of the karstic and pseudokarstic hypogean habitats in the world (C. Juberthie). Cave Organisms. Onychophora, Arachnida, Myriapoda and Insecta (M.S. Harvey et al. ). Crustacea (H. Hobbs III). Fish and amphibia (A. Weber). Adaptation to the Main Abiotic Factors. Reduced, patchy or periodical food supply (K. Huppop). Adaptations to interstitial groundwater life (N. Coineau). The Trophic Basis of Subsurface Ecosystems. Input by Guano and Dead Organic Debris. Guano communities in tropical caves (P. Gnaspini, E. Trajano). Fallout of dispersing arthropods in supporting invertebrate communities in barren volcanic habitats (N.P. Ashmole, M.J. Ashmole). Input by Live Plants. Root driven faunas in cave waters (E. Jasinska, B. Knott). Input by Chemoautotrophy. Chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms and their potential role in subsurface environments (B. Kinkle, T. Kane). Food web dynamics and biochemistry of anchialine caves: a stable isotope approach (J.W. Pohlman et al. ). Evolution. Ecological derivation, colonization, and speciation (J.R. Holsinger). Evolutionary rates and phylogenetic age in some stygobiontic species (C. Boutin, N. Coineau). Ecosystem and Particular Cave Studies. Ecosystem Studies ( Parafluvial Aquifers ). Rhone groundwater systems (P. Marmonier et al. ). Karst ecosystems in the Rhone river basin (J. Gibert et al. ). Particular Cave Studies. Ice caves in temperate regions Scarisoara Cave, Transsylvania (G. Racovitza). Jameos del Agua: the world's largest lava tube and its fauna (T.C. Iliffe et al. ). Conservation. Conservation of the North American cave and karst biota (W.R. Elliott). Conservation of subterranean habitats and species (C. Juberthie)
Summary "This book shows the importance for the biosphere of a previously neglected biota. The types of animals and habitats found in subterranean ecosystems are described together with the geological formations in which they occur and their distribution on earth. The ecology of some subterranean terrestrial and aquatic systems are described together with subterranean ecosystems in different climatic zones. The nature of the adaptations to life in complete darkness, and to the often sparse and patchily distributed foods or various trophic origins, are described. A central part of the volume deals with the characteristics and process involved in the adaptation, speciation and evolution of subterranean animals. The volume concludes with a consideration of the conservation issues arising." "For ecologists, biologists, speleologists, conservation planners and land managers."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Map on lining papers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Ecology -- Underground
Underground ecology.
Author Culver, David C., 1944-
Humphreys, William F.
Wilkens, Horst.
LC no. 00057838
ISBN 0444822992
9780444822994