Journal of Cave and Karst Studies Articles

Large Felid Tracks and Bones From Chilly Bowl Cave, Arkansas

Matthew W. Bushell, and Blaine W. Schubert

Multiple large cat tracks were found within Chilly Bowl Cave, Arkansas, representing at least two individuals of the genus Panthera. Large felid bone fragments were also found in a passageway near the...

Cave Biodiversity of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Levi E. Trumbore, Richard J. Reynolds, Steven C. Thomas, Wil Orndorff, Brendan Cramphorn, Nicholas S. Gladstone, Curt W. Harden, Julian J. Lewis, Marc A. Milne, Karen A. Ober, William A. Shear, Charles D. R. Stephen, Kirk S. Zigler

Recognized as an important pathway between the east coast and the interior of the United States, much of the Cumberland Gap has been protected as part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (C...

Torosites: A New Microbially Mediated Speleothem From Sistemalos Toros, Nuevo Léon, Mexico

Leslie A. Melim, James Hunter, and Mark Minton

Although several kinds of speleothems are known to grow with pendant morphology (i.e., helictites, pool fingers, and stalactites), we describe here a new form found in Sistema Los Toros, Nuevo Léon,...

Contribution to the Ostracoda (Crustacea) Fauna of the Karstic Region of Texas with the Description of a New Species

Okan Külköylüoğlu and Alaettin Tuncer

A total of 27 ostracod taxa were collected from 1995 to 2017 from 61 aquatic bodies in the karstic region of Texas (USA) and 1 in Mexico, including from caves, springs, spring-fed pools, and springs/d...

Iron Oxide Crusts in 2 Hypogene Caves in Greece

Georgios Lazaridis, Lambrini Papadopoulou, Vasilios Melfos, and Panagiotis Voudouris

Iron oxide deposits in the form of crusts are examined in the field and in the laboratory with scanning electron microscopy. Samples came from two caves developed in different geological settings but ...

Freshwater Isopods of the Genus Lirceus from Caves and Springs of the Interior Highlands, USA, with Description of Three New Species (Isopoda: Asellidae)

Julian J. Lewis and Salisa L. Lewis​​

Eleven species of the freshwater isopod genus Lirceus occur in the Interior Highlands, a region of the south-central United States comprised of the Ozark and Ouachita physiographic provinces. As part ...

Morphodynamics of Glaciolvolcanic Caves – Mount Rainier, Washington, USA

Christian Stenner, C, Lee J. Florea, Andreas Pflitsch, Eduardo Cartaya, and David A. Riggs

The twin summit craters of Mount Rainier Washington USA host the largest known glaciovolcanic caves in the world and at 4382 m the highest elevation caves in the USA. The caves are formed in ice at th...

Rock Pigeon Cave, Colorado: Development and Mineralogy

Douglas M. Medville

The late Cretaceous Mancos Shale in western Colorado contains several vadose caves developed entirely within the shale. The largest of these, Rock Pigeon Cave, is over 300 m in length and contains a s...

Stimulation of aquatic bacteria from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, by sublethal concentrations of antibiotics

Thomas D. Byl, Petra K. Byl, Jacob Byl, and Rickard Toomey III

Many microorganisms secrete secondary metabolites with antibiotic properties; however, there is debate whether the secretions evolved as a means to gain a competitive edge or as a chemical signal to c...

Using High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography to Test the Preparation of Stalagmites for Paleo-Climate Reconstruction

Natasha Sekhon, Jay L. Banner, Dan O. Breecker, and Darrel M. Tremaine

Stalagmites being prepared for paleoclimate analysis should typically be slabbed along the central growth axis. This is an important first step because it allows for the highest resolution of sampling...

Consequences of the global climate crisis on the cave beetle Darlingto-nea Kentuckensis Valentine based on thermal tolerance and dehydra-tion resistance

A.S. Apostolopoulos and T. Keith Philips

Saint Anthony Cave: Morphology, genesis, and age of one of the oldest religious shrines, Southern Galala Plateau, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Wafaa Khalaf Fahim

Seasonal context of Bristly Cave Crayfish Cambarus setosus habitat use and life history

Joshua B. Mouser, David C. Ashley, Douglas L. Zentner, and Shannon K. Brewer

16s rRNA diversity of Mirror Lake in Gilindire Cave (Turkey) shows abundant Nitrospira

Selin Deliceirmak and Arzu Karahan

Development and persistence of hazardous atmospheres in a glaciovolcanic cave system—Mount Rainier, Washington, USA

Christian Stenner, Andreas Pflitsch, Lee J. Florea, Kathleen Graham, and Eduardo Cartaya

Glaciovolcanic cave systems, including fumarolic ice caves, can present variable atmospheric hazards. The twin summit craters of Mount Rainier, Washington, USA, host the largest fumarolic ice cave sys...

Radon in dead-end caves in Europe

Miloš Briestenský, Fabrizio Ambrosino, Iveta Smetanová, Lenka Thinová, Stanka Šebela, Josef Stemberk, Lucia Pristašová, Concepción Pla, and David Benavente

We report the results of 3-years of Radon-222 monitoring in six show caves across Europe, selected with the feature of having only one, or no natural entrance, defined as dead-end caves. The caves are...

Ongoing genesis of a novel glaciovolcanic cave system in the crater of Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA

Linda Sobolewski, Christian Stenner, Charlotte Hüser, Tobias Berghaus, Eduardo Cartaya, and Andreas Pflitsch

Mount St. Helens, one of the highest-risk volcanoes in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, hosts a novel system of glaciovolcanic caves that has formed around the 2004?2008 lava dome. From 2014 to 2021 a multid...

3D resistivity survey over mapped caves in eogenetic karst terrane, west-central Florida, USA

Charles W. McCrackin, Henok G. Kiflu, Sarah E. Kruse, Philip E. van Beynen, Jason S. Polk and Ben. Miller

This study assesses the capability and practical applications of quasi-3 Dimensional (3D) Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) for mapping air-filled conduits in eogenetic karst. A high-resolution ...

Geology and palaeoenvironment of Karin Tak Cave (lesser caucasus)

Avagyan Ara, Sahakyan Lilit H., Igityan Hayk, Gevorgyan Mikayel, Sahakyan Kristina, Antonosyan Maria, Tepanosyan Gevorg, Sahakyan Lilit V., Atalyan Tatul, Grigoryan Taron, Aspaturyan Narek, Avagyan Seda, and Yepiskoposyan Levon

Karin Tak cave is located in the south-eastern end of the Lesser Caucasus (NE of the Armenian Highland). Development of the cave was related to the dissolution of Middle-Upper Jurassic limestone by me...

Land-use impacts on the hydrology of the Hidden River groundwater subbasin, Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky

Cesalea N. Osborne, David J. Keeling, Jason S. Polk, Patricia N. Kambesis, and Kevin B. Cary

Hidden River Cave, located in the city of Horse Cave, Ky., forms one of the main tributaries of the Hidden River groundwater subbasin that spans multiple counties in south-central Kentucky. Hidden Riv...

Bacterial diversity in vadose cave pools: evidence for isolated ecosystems

Kaitlin J.H. Read, Leslie A. Melim, Ara S. Winter, and Diana E. Northup

A debris flow deposit in Mammoth Cave: field characterization

Rachel Bosch, Dylan Ward, Aaron Bird, Dan Sturmer, and Rick Olson

Methods and analysis of bat guano cores from caves for paleoecology

Alexandra Tsalickis, Matthew N. Waters, and Joshua W. Campbell

An interpretation of Cueva de la Huachizca, Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, México

Cinthia Marlene Campos, José Luis Punzo-Díaz, Veronica Lopez Delgado, Avto Goguitchaichvili, and Juan Morales

Genetic and functional diversity of soil bacteria and fungi from different microhabitats in a karst region in Southern China

Xinru Li, Min Zhou, Yidong Mi, Haiyan Chen, Hailei Su, Yuan Wei, Fuhan Guo, Fanfan Wang

Solute transport and solutional denudation rate of carbonate karst in the semi-arid Zagros region (southwestern Iran)

Alireza Sepahvand, Mitja Prelovšek, Ali Akbar Nazari Samani, Robert James

Physical and analytical modeling of rhythmic karst springs

Xianxuan Xiaoc and Qiang Zhang

An underworld tailored to tourists: A dragon, a photo-model, and a bio-indicator

Ivo Lučić

Identification of fungi from soil and sediment in Jefriz Cave; the first survey in a cave from Iran

Azadeh Habibi and Banafsheh Safaiefarahani

Glacier caves: a globally threatened subterranean biome

Francis G. Howarth

Caecidotea burkensis, new species, a unique subterranean isopod from Burke’s Garden, with a synthesis of the biogeo-graphy and evolution of southwestern Virginia asellids

Salisa L. Lewis, Julian J. Lewis and William Orndorff.

Cave radon exposure, dose, dynamics and mitigation

Chris L. Waring, Stuart I. Hankin, Stephen B. Solomon, Stephen Long, Andrew Yule, Robert Blackley, Sylvester Werczynski, and Andrew C. Baker

Microbiome of Grand Canyon Caverns, a dry sulfuric karst cave in Arizona, supports diverse extremophilic bacterial and archaeal communities

Raymond Keeler and Bradley Lusk

Diversity of siderophore-producing bacterial cultures from Carlsbad Caverns National Park caves, Carlsbad, New Mexico

Tammi R. Duncan, Margaret Werner-Washburne, and Diana E. Northup

Dating and interpretation of recent clastic sediments in an urban cave

Evan A. Hart

The fauna of caves and other subterranean habitats of North Carolina, USA

Cato Holler Jr., Jonathan D. Mays, and Matthew L. Niemiller

Karst sinkholes as foci of biodiversity in the Hoosier National Forest

Julian J. Lewis, Marc A. Milne, Charles D. R. Stephen, and Daniel C. Dourson

Fungi from dead arthropods and bats of Gomantong Cave, northern Borneo, Sabah (Malaysia)

Ibrahem G. Wasti, Foo She Fui, Tan Qin Zhi, Cheh Wai Mun, Mohammad Hafiz Syukri Kassim, Mahadimenakbar Mohd Dawood, Noor Haliza Hasan, Vijay Kumar Subbiah, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, and Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan

Variation in cephalic neuromasts surface and cave-dwelling fishes of the family amblyopsidae (teleostei: percopsiformes)

Daphne Soares and Matthew L. Niemiller

Genesis and evolution of the square soda straws of Dry Cave, West Virginia, USA

Paolo Forti and Gregory S. Springer

Sundathelphusa prosperidad, sp. n. (decapoda: brachyura: gecarcinucidae), a new cave-obligate freshwater crab from Mindanao Island, the Philippines, with notes on the conservation status of Philippine cave species

Daniel Edison M. Husana

Lateral ferruginous groundwater transfer as the origin of the iron crusts in caves: A case study

Cristina Fonollá, Eugenio Sanz, and Ignacio Menéndez-Pidal

Biodiversity from caves and other sub-terranean habitats of Georgia, USA

Kirk S. Zigler, Matthew L. Niemiller, Charles D.R. Stephen, Breanne N. Ayala, Marc A. Milne, Nicholas S. Gladstone, Annette S. Engel, John B., Jensen, Carlos D. Camp, James C. Ozier, and Alan Cressle

Anthropogenic impacts on the bacterial profile of Yarik Sinkhole in Antalya, Turkey

Nihal Doğruöz-Güngör, Elif Özlem Arslan-Aydoğdu, Emrah Dirmit, and Ender Usuloğlu

Enzyme profiles and antimicrobial activities of bacteria isolated from the Kadiini Cave, Alanya, Turkey

Nihal Doğruöz-Güngör, Begüm Çandıroğlu, and Gülşen Altuğ

Domitius Culsu sp. nov. (Araneae, Nestici-dae), a new troglobiont spider from Italy with notes on Italian nesticids of the genus Domitius Ribera, 2018

Francesco Ballarin

Biogeochemical investigations of the speleothem moonmilk in the karst Proschalnaya Cave (Far East, Russia)

L. M. Kondratyeva, O. S. Shadrina, Z. N. Litvinenko, and E. M. Golubeva

Lampenflora and the entrance biofilm in two show caves: comparison of microbial community, environmental, and biofilm parameters

Nataša Nikolić, Nikola Zarubica, Bojan Gavrilović, Dragana Predojević, Ivana Trbojević, Gordana Subakov Simić and Slađana Popović

Dynamics of Coll;……./,kembola (Hexapoda) in a forested limestone scree slope, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

Michal Rendoš, Dana Miklisová, Ľubomír Kováč, and Andrej Mock

Sinkhole susceptibility assessment based on morphological, imagery, and contextual attributes derived from gis and imagery data

Xiaomin Qiu, Shuo-Sheng Wu, and Yan Chen

Micromorphology, mineralogy, and geo-chemistry of sediments at the Tham Lod rock shelter archaeological site in Mae Hong Son, Thailand: suggestions of a late Pleistocene climate

Seriwat Saminpanya and Nopporn Denkitkul

A reactivated cave system induces rapidly developing cover-collapse sinkholes in Tasmania, Australia

Bianca Burke, Adrian Slee, Peter D. McIntosh, Harald Hofmann, and James Shulmeister

Description of a new genus and species as the first gastropod species from caves in Iran

Yaser Fatemi, Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini, Andrzej Falniowski, Sebastian Hofman, Matjaž Kuntner, and Jozef Grego

Natural and human-induced subsidence due to gypsum dissolution: a case study from Inandik, Central Anatolia, Turkey

Ergin Gökkaya and Esra Tunçel

Epilythic cyanobacteria and algae in two geologically distinct caves in South Africa

Sanet Janse van Vuuren, Gerhard du Preez, Anatoliy Levanets, and Louis Maree

Metabarcoding comparison of prokaryotic microbiomes from Appalachian karst caves to surface soils in southwest Virginia, USA

Brandon Thompson, Dylan Richardson, Robert D. Vangundy, and A. Bruce Cahoon

A minimal model for predicting ventilation rates of subterranean caves

Karina Khazmutdinova, Doron Nof, Darrel M. Tremaine, Ming Ye, M.N.J. Moore

Halotolerant and chaotolerant microfungi from littoral anchialine caves Golubinka and Medova Buža (Croatia)

Andrzej Chlebicki and Natalia Jakus

Temperature and reverse-flow patterns of the River Styx, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Shannon R. Trimboli and Rick S. Toomey

The concept of regulated use of natural heritage sites included in the tourist cluster: a Russian caves case study

A. N. Polukhina, Yu. S. Lyakhnitsky, and V. V. Lezhnin

Combined use of hydrogeological, hydrogeochemical and isotopic techni-ques to identify the impact of a salt diapir on surrounding aquifers, Southern Iran

Zohreh Alemansour and Mehdi Zarei

The karst and its neighbors: Digital map Multi-year cave dripwater frequency and hydrochemical monitoring of three caves in Eastern North America

Jessica B. Kelley, Harry Rowe, Gregory S. Springer, Yongli Gao

Processes leading to the re-activation of a sinkhole in buried karst and the subsequent drying of waterfalls in a small catchment located in northern Indiana, USA

M. D. Frisbee, et al

Comparison of surface and interior karst development in Zagros Karst Aquifers, Southwest Iran

Majid Dashti Barmaki, Mohsen Rezaei, Ezzat Raeisi, and Javad Ashjari

Description of a new tribe Cabralcandonini (Candonidae, Ostracoda) from karst aquifers in central Texas, U.S.A

Okan Külköylüoğlu, Mehmet Yavuzatmaca, Derya Akdemir, Benjamin F. Schwartz, Benjamin T. Hutchins

Variations of the stable isotopic composition of precipitation and cave drip water at zhenzhu cave, north China: a two-year monitoring study

Yunxia Li, Shengrui Zhang, Xiaokang Liu, Yongli Gao, and Zhiguo Rao

Ventilation and cave air PCO2 in the Bunker-Emst Cave System (NW Germany): implications for speleothem proxy data

S. Riechelmann, S. F. M. Breitenbach, A. Schröder-Ritzrau, A. Mangini, and A. Immenhauser

The karst and its neighbors: Digital map of geomorphic environments in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Patricia Fragoso-Servón, Alberto Pereira-Corona, and Francisco Bautista

Geological and hydrogeological effective factors in the high permeability zones of several dam sites of the Zagros region, Iran

Behnaz Shabab Boroujeni, Javad Ashjari and Haji Karimi

Observations on the population ecology of the cave salamander, eurycea lucifuga (rafinesque, 1822)

J. Gavin Bradley and Perri K. Eason

Relict drainage effects on distribution and morphometry of karst depressions: a case study from central Taurus (Turkey)

Mehmet Furkan Şener and Muhammed Zeynel Öztürk

Caves in space

John Mylroie

Formation mechanisms for the largest sandstone sinkhole in Ohio

Joshua A. Novello and Ira D. Sasowsky

Brown bear and diversity of airbone algae and cyanobacteria in the Głowoniowa Nyża Cave

Joanna Czerwik-Marcinkowska, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Wojciech Pusz, and Anna Wojciechowska

Diatoms from the Valporquero Cave (León, NW Spain), with the description of germainiella legionensis sp. nov.

María Borrego-Ramos, Saúl Blanco, and Adriana Olenici

Hypothesized mechanism for the initiation of soil cavities and subsequent cover-collapse in karst terrain

James C. Currens

Characterization of a karst aquifer in a complex tectonic region, Southwestern Iran

Rouhollah Adinehvand and Ezzat Raeisi

Three-dimensional electrical resistivity for detection of subsurface karst associated with Friesenhahn Cave

Keith Muhlestein, Laurence Meissner, Richard Klar, and Ronald T. Green

Airborne bacteria cultivated from underground hibernation sites in the Nietoperek bat reserve (Poland)

Rafał Ogórek, C, Katarzyna Guz-Regner, Tomasz Kokurewicz, Elżbieta Baraniok, and Bartosz Kozak

Variation of δ13C in plant-soil-cave systems in karst regions with different degrees of rocky desertification in southwest China

Ting-Yong Li, Chun-Xia Huang, Lijun Tian, Marina B. Suarez, and Yongli Gao

Diatom species diversity and their ecological patterns on different substrates in two karstic streams in the Slovak karst

J. Czerwik-Marcinkowska, W. Wróblew-ski, M. Gradziński, and B. Uher

Geophysical surveys of a potentially extensive cave system, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA

L. Land and A. Rinehart

Speleomycology of air in Demänovská Cave of Liberty (Slovakia) and new air-borne species for fungal sites

R. Ogórek

Microbial diversity of speleothems in two southeast Australian limestone cave arches

D. Vardeh, J. Woodhouse, B. Neilan

The first directly dated cave bear from the Covoli di Velo Cave (Verona Province, Veneto, northern Italy) with some discussion of Italian Alps cave bears

M. Rossi, G. Santi, R. Zorzin, D. Döppes, R. Friedrich, S. Lindauer, and W. Rosendahl

Mineralogical and organic study of bat and chough guano: implications for guano identification in ancient context

DA. Queffelec, P.l Bertran, T. Bos, and L. Lemée

Late Pleistocene vertebrates from Three-Forks Cave, Adair County, Oklahoma Ozark Highland

N. Czaplewski, K. Rogers, and C. Russell

Speleogenesis of caves in a cretaceous shale: Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

D. Medville

Hyalella maya, a new hyalellidae species (crustacea: amphipoda) from a cenote in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

A. Marrón-Becerra, M. Hermoso-Salazar and V. Solis-Weiss

Sinkhole clusters after heavy rainstorms

M. Parise, L. Pisano, and C. Vennari

Environmental parameters controlling stalagmite growth in tropical areas: New insights from cave monitoring at Petruk Cave, central Java, Indonesia

W. Hasegawa, Y. Watanabe, H. Matsuoka, S. Ohsawa, B. Brahmantyo, K.A. Maryunani, and T. Tagami

Oedichirus spelaeus n. sp., the first cave dwelling beetle from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)

A. Faille and J.C. Lecoq

Eco-friendly Remediation of Lampenflora on Speleothems in Tropical Karst Caves

D.A. Trinh, Q.H. Trinh, N. Tran, J.G. Guinea, and D. Mattey

William B. Muchmore (1920-2017): His taxonomic contributions and complete bibliography

C.D.R. Stephen and M.S. Harvey

A study on thermal dynamics inside Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, USA

A. Pflitsch, A. Adam, M. Schwabe, W. Furian, and S. Allison

The importance of air temperature as a key parameter to identify climatic processes inside Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, USA

M. Killing-Heinze, A. Pflitsch, W. Furian, and S. Allison

Ice cave research of the United States

D. Holmgren, A. Pflitsch, J. Ringeis, and C. Meyer

Reports on ice caves in literature from the Twelfth to the middle of the Twentieth Century

C. Meyer, A. Pflitsch, J. Ringeis, and V. Maggi

Talus-and-gorge ice caves in the northeastern United States past to present—A microclimato-logical study

D. Holmgren, A. Pflitsch, K. Rancourt, and J. Ringeis

Climatologic studkes inside Sandy Glacier at Mount Hood Volcano in Oregon, USA

A. Pflitsch, E. Cartaya, B. McGregor, D. Holmgren, and B. Steinhöfel