Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically sound, yet accessible for students and non-scientists. This large-format reference is enchanced with hundreds of full-color photographs, maps, and drawings from the authors' own work, which provide unique images of the underground environment.
The Encyclopedia of Caves is an essential interdisciplinary resource for scientists, students, and caving enthusiasts.
Author(s): David C. Culver (editor), William B. White (editor)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 680
Tags: Encyclopedias
COVER
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA
CONTRIBUTORS
GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
FOREWORD
PREFACE
A
Adaptation to Darkness
Adaptation to Low Food
Adaptation to Low Oxygen
Adaptive Shifts
Anchialine Caves, Biodiversity in
Anchialine Caves
B
Bats
Beetles
Behavioral Adaptations
Breakdown
Burnsville Cove, Virginia
C
Camps
Castleguard Cave, Canada
Cave, Definition o
Cave Dwellers in the Middle East
Chemoautotrophy
Clastic Sediments in Caves
Closed Depressions
Coastal Caves
Contamination of Cave Waters by Heavy Metals
Contamination of Cave Waters by Nonaqueous Phase Liquids
Cosmogenic Isotope Dating
Crustacea
D
Databases
Dinaric Karst, Diversity in
Diversity Patterns in the Tropics
Diversity Patterns in the United States
Diversity Patterns in Australia
Diversity Patterns in Europe
E
Early Humans in the Mammoth Cave Area
Ecotones
Entranceless Caves, Discovery of
Entranceless Caves, Geophysics of
Entrances
Epikarst
Epikarstic Communities
Evolution of Lineages
Exploration and Light Sources
F
Fish
Flooding
Food Sources
Friars Hole Cave System, West Virginia
G
Glacier Caves
Guano Communities
Gypsum Caves
Gypsum Flowers and Related Speleothems
H
Hydrogeology of Karst Aquifers
Hydrothermal Caves
I
Invasion, Active versus Passive
J
Jewel Cave, South Dakota
K
Karren
Karst Water Tracing
Kazumura Cave, Hawaii
Krubera (Voronja) Cave
L
Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico
Life History Evolution
M
Mammoth Cave System
Mapping Subterranean Biodiversity
Marine Regressions
Maya Caves
Microbes
Minerals
Modeling Karst Aquifers
Molluscs
Morphological Adaptations
Multilevel Caves and Landscape Evolution
Mulu Caves, Malaysia
Myriapods
Myth and Legend, Caves in
N
Natural Selection
Neutral Mutation
Nitrate Contamination in Karst Groundwater
Nullarbor Caves, Australia
P
Paleomagnetic Record in Cave Sediments
Paleontology of Caves: Pleistocene Mammals
Passages
Passage Growth and Development
Pits and Shafts
Population Structure
Postojna–Planinska Cave System, Slovenia
Protecting Caves and Cave Life
R
Recreational Caving
Rescues
Root Communities in Lava Tubes
S
Salamanders
Saltpetre Mining
Show Caves
Siebenhengste Cave System, Switzerland
Sinking Streams and Losing Streams
Sistema Huautla, Mexico
Soil Piping and Sinkhole Failures
Solution Caves in Regions of Moderate Relief
Solutional Sculpturing
Species Interactions
Speleothem Deposition
Speleothems: Helictites and Related Forms
Spiders and Related Groups
Springs
Stalactites and Stalagmites
Sulfuric Acid Caves
U
Ukrainian Giant Gypsum Caves
V
Vertebrate Visitors—Birds and Mammals
Vicariance and Dispersalist Biogeography
Volcanic Caves
W
Wakulla Spring Underwater Cave System, Florida
Water Chemistry in Caves
Worms
GLOSSARY
SUBJECT INDEX
