The biology of caves and other subterranean habitats /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Biology of habitats.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Biology of Caves and Other Subterranean Habitats
- Second Edition; Copyright; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Sites; Plates; 1 The Subterranean Domain; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Caves; 1.2.1 Caves formed by dissolution of rocks; 1.2.2 Caves formed by lava; 1.2.3 Other caves; 1.3 Small-cavity subterranean habitats; 1.4 Shallow subterranean habitats; 1.4.1 Seepage springs and the hypotelminorheic habitat; 1.4.2 Epikarst: the soil-rock interface in karst; 1.4.3 Intermediate-sized terrestrial shallow subterranean habitats; 1.4.4 Calcrete aquifers
- 1.4.5 Hyporheic: interstitial habitats along rivers and streams1.4.6 Soil; 1.4.7 Lava tubes; 1.4.8 Iron-ore caves; 1.4.9 Overview of shallow subterranean habitats; 1.5 Summary; 2 Sources of Energy in Subterranean Environments; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Sources of energy; 2.2.1 Chemoautotrophy; 2.2.2 Percolating water; 2.2.3 Flowing water; 2.2.4 Wind and gravity; 2.2.5 Active movement of animals; 2.2.6 Roots; 2.3 Summary; 3 Survey of Subterranean Life; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Temporary subterranean visitors; 3.3 Residents of cave entrances; 3.4 Ecological and evolutionary classifications
- 3.5 Taxonomic review of obligate subterranean species3.5.1 Microbes; 3.5.2 Invertebrates; 3.5.3 Vertebrates; 3.6 Subterranean organisms in the laboratory; 3.7 Collecting stygobionts and troglobionts; 3.8 Summary; 4 Ecosystem Function; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Scale and extent of subterranean ecosystems; 4.3 Stream reaches; 4.4 Caves; 4.4.1 Caves with surface input; 4.4.2 Sulfidic cave systems; 4.5 Karst basins; 4.6 Summary; 5 Biotic Interactions and Community Structure; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Species interactions-generalities
- 5.3 Predator-prey interactions-beetles and cricket eggs in North American caves5.4 Competition and other interactions in Appalachian cave streams; 5.5 Morphological consequences of competition; 5.6 Competition as a result of eutrophication; 5.7 Community analysis-generalities; 5.8 Epikarst communities; 5.9 Interstitial groundwater aquifers; 5.10 Overall subterranean community structure in the Jura Mountains; 5.11 Summary; 6 Adaptations to Subterranean Life; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 History of concepts of adaptation in subterranean environments; 6.3 Adaptation in amblyopsid cave fish
- 6.4 Adaptation in the amphipod Gammarus minus6.5 Adaptation in the cave fish Astyanax mexicanus; 6.6 Experimental studies of adaptation in other subterranean organisms; 6.7 How long does adaptation to subterranean life take?; 6.8 Revisiting the selection-neutrality controversy; 6.9 Summary; 7 Colonization and Speciation in Subterranean Environments; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Colonization of subterranean environments; 7.3 What determines success or failure of colonizations?; 7.4 Allopatric and parapatric speciation; 7.5 Vicariance and dispersal; 7.6 Cryptic speciation; 7.7 Age of lineages