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Mise En Evidence De Substances Fluorescentes Dans Les Organes Jaunes De Caccosphaeroma Burgundum Dollfus, Crustacé Isopode Des Eaux Souterraines, H. Descimon, C. Marvillet Jan 1967

Mise En Evidence De Substances Fluorescentes Dans Les Organes Jaunes De Caccosphaeroma Burgundum Dollfus, Crustacé Isopode Des Eaux Souterraines, H. Descimon, C. Marvillet

International Journal of Speleology

Chromatographic analysis of the yellow organs of the fresh-water Isopod Crustacean Caecosphaeroma burgundum Dollfus revealed, through observation of the chromatograms in ultraviolet light, the occurrence of both absorbing and fluorescent substances. Among the latter, only isoxanthopterin has been identified. The yellow pigment, which probably has a pteridine nucleus, could not be identified as a known compound and will be the object of later investigations.

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Algal Growth Experiments In The Baradla Cave At Aggtelek (Biospeleologica Hungarica Xxi), Erzsebet Kol Jan 1967

Algal Growth Experiments In The Baradla Cave At Aggtelek (Biospeleologica Hungarica Xxi), Erzsebet Kol

International Journal of Speleology

The author kept 108 algal strains (Cyanophyta 53, Chlorophyta 35, Chrysophyta 20), of axenic cultures from the Kol-Algotheca in the Botanical Division of the Hungarian National Sciences Museum in the Baradla Cave, at Aggletek (Hungary) in darkness for 204-420 days under different environmental conditions. The experiments have proven that several algal strains can tolerate well the complete absence of light. Furthermore, that some algal strains show intensive development even under such conditions. These axenic cultures kept in the cave in metal boxes on inorganic medium have shown that the energy source used by these green coloured algae is not …

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Bioluminescence In Melosira Varians Ag., George Claus Jan 1967

Bioluminescence In Melosira Varians Ag., George Claus

International Journal of Speleology

Bluish green bioluminescence in a diatom, Melosira varians Ag. growing in an abandoned tin mine in Cornwall was observed. Upon microscopic examination the chloroplasts of the algae were found to be very pale but no other feature was seen which could be correlated with the luminescence.

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Die Ökologische Stellung Der Höhlen-Und Spaltengewässer Innerhalb Der Subterranaquatilen Lebensbereiche, Siegfried Husmann Jan 1967

Die Ökologische Stellung Der Höhlen-Und Spaltengewässer Innerhalb Der Subterranaquatilen Lebensbereiche, Siegfried Husmann

International Journal of Speleology

Bodies of waters in caves and in crevices of rocks are distinguished from the other subsoil water ecosystems (“eustygon”, “stygorhithron”, “stygopotamon”) under the names “troglostygon” and “petrostygon”. The colonisation of subsoil water biotopes involves a fundamental principle which controls the development of the main biotopes for the stygobiont undergroundwater organisms. According to this ecological rule, which is described in detail and formulated, the several interstitial biotopes (for example “eustygopsammal,” “rhithrostygopsammal,” “potamostygopsephal”) are to be considered as the real biotopes of the stygobiont subsoil water organisms; waters in caves, on the contrary, are secondary biotopes of these animals. Caves which contain …

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Further Investigations Into Bacterial And Algal Populations Of Caves In South Wales, M. Ann Mason-Williams Jan 1967

Further Investigations Into Bacterial And Algal Populations Of Caves In South Wales, M. Ann Mason-Williams

International Journal of Speleology

Some physical data collected over a period of a year in seven locations of the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave system in South Wales are reported, including humidity, air and water temperature, pH of the water, as well as the organic oxygen demand of the water. It is shown that seasonal variations in the physical constant in this particular cave system are not well marked. Algae and bacteria were isolated from the soil samples and from calcareous deposits. A total of 30 algal species, of which 13 belong to the Cyanophyta, 22 to the Chlorophyta, and 7 to the …

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A New Species Of Gomphonema (Bacillariophyta) From Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, Sam L. Van Landingham Jan 1967

A New Species Of Gomphonema (Bacillariophyta) From Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, Sam L. Van Landingham

International Journal of Speleology

In some materials collected from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, a diatom was found which could not be identified with any known species. A taxonomic description of Gomphonema hotchkissii nov. spec. is given.

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Underground Solution Canyons In The Central Kentucky Karst, U.S.A., Richard A. Watson Jan 1967

Underground Solution Canyons In The Central Kentucky Karst, U.S.A., Richard A. Watson

International Journal of Speleology

Solution canyons are underground voids 1 to 15 + meters wide, 3 to 45 + meters high, and 30 to 300 + meters long. Floors are stepped, ceilings level. Size increases downstream. Their course is sinuous, with some angularity. They occur parallel to and directly under or slightly offset from the thalwegs of re-entrant valleys tributary to major karst valleys. A section across a re-entrant and underlying solution canyon shows a rough hour-glass shape. Solution canyons are related genetically to solutional vertical shafts, forming where removal of the impermeable sandstone caprock permits the vertical descent of water through jointed limestone. …

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Documents Pour Servir À La Connaissance De La Laune De Mammifères Des Grottes Du Banat (Roumanie), Alexandrina Negrea, Lazare Botosaneanu, Stefan Negrea Jan 1967

Documents Pour Servir À La Connaissance De La Laune De Mammifères Des Grottes Du Banat (Roumanie), Alexandrina Negrea, Lazare Botosaneanu, Stefan Negrea

International Journal of Speleology

The authors assembled from about 70 caves a rich collection of osteological material and specimens of living or fossil mammals. A list of the caves is given with an enumeration of the identified species for each cave. Under each species the caves which supplied the material are listed. This is followed by an inventory of the osteological material and by observations on the living animals (especially bats). Fifty-three mammal species (fossil and living) were accurately determined (14 carnivores, 6 artiodactyls, 1 lagomorph, 10 rodents, 3 insectivores, and 19 bats).

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Répartition Géographique Et Validité De L'Espéce Troglobie Asellus Lusitanicus Frade (Crustacé Asellote), Guy Magniez Jan 1967

Répartition Géographique Et Validité De L'Espéce Troglobie Asellus Lusitanicus Frade (Crustacé Asellote), Guy Magniez

International Journal of Speleology

The troglobitic Asellid Asellus lusitanicus Frade (1938) is now known from three caves of the Serra de Aire (Central Portugal). It seems to be a good eyeless species of the “coxalis” group.

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Les Mycetophilidae (Diptères) Cavernicoles De La Collection Biospeologica (IvE-ViiiE Séries Des «Grottes Visitées»), Anca Burghele-Balacesco Jan 1967

Les Mycetophilidae (Diptères) Cavernicoles De La Collection Biospeologica (IvE-ViiiE Séries Des «Grottes Visitées»), Anca Burghele-Balacesco

International Journal of Speleology

Study of the Mycetophilidae of the Biospeologica collection (Series IV to VIII of “Grottes visitées” was the objective of the present study. Thirty species have been identified, including Exechia peyerimhoffi n. sp. and Rhymosia pseudocretensis n. sp. The cave fauna contains several rare species - Exechia pollicata Edw., E. unguiculata Lundst., and Rhymosia cretensis Lundst. The ovipositors of Exechia coremura Edw. and E. landrocki Lundst. are figured for the first time.

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Neobisium (Roncobisium) Allodentatum N. Sg., N. Sp. De Pseudoscorpion Neobisiidae (Arachnides) Habitant Une Caverne Du Département De Saône-Et-Loire, France, Max Vachon Jan 1967

Neobisium (Roncobisium) Allodentatum N. Sg., N. Sp. De Pseudoscorpion Neobisiidae (Arachnides) Habitant Une Caverne Du Département De Saône-Et-Loire, France, Max Vachon

International Journal of Speleology

Neobisium (Roncobisium) allodentatum, a species inhabiting a cave in Saone-et-Loire, France, belongs to a new subgenus of Neobisium of which the essential characters are the possession of accessory teeth on the chelae (fig. 14) and a relative position of trichobothria eb and esb (fig. 8) recalling that of the species of Roncus. A determination key fixes the position of this new subgenus with respect to the four other known subgenera of Neobisium.

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Summary Of Results Obtained During A Preliminary Investigation Into The Bacterial And Botanical Flora Of Caves In South Wales, M. Ann Mason-Williams, Kathryn Benson-Evans Jan 1967

Summary Of Results Obtained During A Preliminary Investigation Into The Bacterial And Botanical Flora Of Caves In South Wales, M. Ann Mason-Williams, Kathryn Benson-Evans

International Journal of Speleology

The results of an investigation into the bacterial and botanical flora of South Welsh caves are presented in tabular form. Bacterial counts and species isolated from the caves both from soil and water samples as well as from the air, also the macroscopic plants found in the photic zone are enumerated.

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Developpement Larvaire Du Serpulien Cavernicole Marifugia Cavatica Absolon Et Hrabe (Polychaeta, Sedentaria), Janez Matjašič, Boris Sket Jan 1966

Developpement Larvaire Du Serpulien Cavernicole Marifugia Cavatica Absolon Et Hrabe (Polychaeta, Sedentaria), Janez Matjašič, Boris Sket

International Journal of Speleology

Among material coming from Hercegovina some living trochoporae of the cave Serpulid Marifugia cavatica have been found. In the laboratory of the Biology Institute of Ljubljana the further development passing stages of metatrochophore and nectochaeta have been observed. The constitution of the trochophore is typical. The nectochaeta possesses three metamera and each of these has only one pair of setae. The nectochaeta once it gets attached to the bottom the neck and beginning of tentacles are beginning to develop. The tube, three pairs of simple tentacles and the opercula are formed in further stages. For the period in which the …

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Notulae Orthopterologicae Xxi - Le Dolichopoda Della Francia E Della Spagna, Baccio Baccetti Jan 1966

Notulae Orthopterologicae Xxi - Le Dolichopoda Della Francia E Della Spagna, Baccio Baccetti

International Journal of Speleology

The revision of French-Iberian Dolichopoda has led to the identification of four different species of Dolichopoda s. str. One of these (D. azami) seems to have a large geonomy in the French Alps and it had already been noticed in Italy, too. A second species (D. chopardi m.), still new to science, seems to be restricted to the Maritime Alps; the third and the fourth (D. linderi and D. bolivari), already well known, seem to be localized in the Pyrenees and the Cevennes. Owing to their morphological characters Dolichopoda azami and chopardi constitute a very …

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The Genus Arrhopalites (Collembola: Sminthuridae) In The United States And Canada, Kenneth Christiansen Jan 1966

The Genus Arrhopalites (Collembola: Sminthuridae) In The United States And Canada, Kenneth Christiansen

International Journal of Speleology

The members of the genus Arrhopalites (Collembola Sminthuridae) found in the U.S. and Canada are described and illustrated. These include six previously described forms and seven new species: A. altus, A. clarus, A. bimus, A. bellingeri, A. dubius, A. hirtus, and A. amarus. Two forms known only from incomplete specimens are described, but not named. Nine of the species are found in caves, but only four of these are at present unknown from surface localities. The characteristics of the genus are described and discussed, and the genus Pseudarrhopalites Stach is placed in synonymy with Arrhopalites. New methods are …

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Materialien Über Die Ökologie Und Biologie Von Sphaeromides Bureschi Strouhal, Angel Angelov Jan 1966

Materialien Über Die Ökologie Und Biologie Von Sphaeromides Bureschi Strouhal, Angel Angelov

International Journal of Speleology

The acquatic cave Isopod Sphaeromides bureschi Strouhal was discovered by I. Buresch in the underground water of two caves in western Stara-Planina. In this paper the author describes a new station, a spring, in the same region and then exposes the results of ecological and biological observations on this species (biotope, temperature, sex-ratio, feeding regime, locomotion).

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Contribution À L'Etude De Bathynella D'Europe: Bathynella Natans Vejdovsky, Un Dilemme À Résoudre, Eugène Serban Jan 1966

Contribution À L'Etude De Bathynella D'Europe: Bathynella Natans Vejdovsky, Un Dilemme À Résoudre, Eugène Serban

International Journal of Speleology

After a minute study of the structure of the 8th male pereiopod in some Bathynella populations from Romania and England, the structure differences which were found allowed to identify two well individualized kinds of pereiopods; they were named type natans and type stammeri. Taking into account the striking differences between these two types, B. stammeri (Jakobi), which since 1954 is considered to be a subspecies of the natans species, was separated out of the species B. natans sensu Jakobi (1954). The populations understudied were collected in England and Romania, their minute study being the object of an other note, …

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Algological Studies In The Cave Of Mátyás Mount, Budapest, Hungary, Lajos Hajdu Jan 1966

Algological Studies In The Cave Of Mátyás Mount, Budapest, Hungary, Lajos Hajdu

International Journal of Speleology

Experiments were designed to test the ability of the aphotic speleoenvironment to support algal growth. The first series contained gelatin cultures of Scenedesmus placed in the cave at different localities in order to establish whether or not the microhabitats have any particular effect on the multiplication of the algae. No differences were found in the cultures after a three month incubation period in the cave, which could be traced to influences of microenvironmental conditions. Chlorella cultures in sterile Knop’s solution showed measurable growth in the cave whereas if the cultures were installed into sterilized cave water or were shielded by …

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Über Höhlenbewohnende Moose, László Vajda Jan 1966

Über Höhlenbewohnende Moose, László Vajda

International Journal of Speleology

Among the mosses collected by Dr. K. Verseghy in the caves of the environment of Lillafured Eucladium verticillatum (L.) Br. Eur. was found which had some peculiar bulbillae composed of two to many cells on the ends of the filaments. They may represent special reproductive organs as yet unknown in this genus. None of the mosses living in the caves developed sex organs.

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Algae From The Cave Of Mátyás Mount, Budapest, Hungary, P. Palik Jan 1966

Algae From The Cave Of Mátyás Mount, Budapest, Hungary, P. Palik

International Journal of Speleology

Seven collections containing scrapings of speleoclay or samples from the cave waters were received from L. Hajdu and were cultured in light in a modified Knop’s solution. The cultures yielded 21 different algal taxa, of which five species belong to the Cyanophyta four to the Bacillariophycaea class of the Chrysophyta and twelve to the Chlorophyta. From the species distribution, the cave shows a similarity to the nearby cave of Pàlvolgy, namely both of them contained more than 50 per cent Chlorophyta. Among the Cyanophyta the occurrence of Baradlaia speluncaecola Palik is noteworthy. This species seems to be a true troglobitic …

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Nuevas Citas De Murciélagos Españoles, E. Balcells R. Jan 1966

Nuevas Citas De Murciélagos Españoles, E. Balcells R.

International Journal of Speleology

Short citation on new findings of bats in Spanish caves.

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Contribución Al Conocimiento De Los Speophilus Del Grupo Kiesenwetteri Diek, Oleguer Escolà I Boada Jan 1966

Contribución Al Conocimiento De Los Speophilus Del Grupo Kiesenwetteri Diek, Oleguer Escolà I Boada

International Journal of Speleology

The author has studied the group kiesenwetteri of the genus Speophilus (Col. Catopidae), endemic of Catalogna (Spain). The paper comprises a geographical and geological analysis of the by this group colonised massifs, with a study on the geological isolation of the species and a faunistic study of the 5 actually known forms, one of which is new.

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Nouvelles Contributions À L'Ètude De Bathynella (Bathynella) Natans Vejd. Et Bathynella (Antrobathynella) Stammeri (Jakobi), Eugène Serban Jan 1966

Nouvelles Contributions À L'Ètude De Bathynella (Bathynella) Natans Vejd. Et Bathynella (Antrobathynella) Stammeri (Jakobi), Eugène Serban

International Journal of Speleology

In an earlier paper the author separated Bathynella stammeri (Jakobi) (formerly considered a subspecies) from B. natans Vejd. sensu Jakobi and showed that this new species justified the erection of a new subgenus (Antrobathynella) of Bathynella. Study of the morphology of the mandible, and the 8th pereiopod of the male and female, and examination of the chaetotaxy of the uropods have revealed new diagnostic characters which permit the unequivocal separation of B. natans and B. stammeri. A diagnosis of both species is given. The present study is the result of examination of numerous specimens from many …

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Hommage À La Mémoire De René Jeannel, Constantin Motas Jan 1966

Hommage À La Mémoire De René Jeannel, Constantin Motas

International Journal of Speleology

In this paper the author evokes the principal stages of activity in the life of the great French speleologist, René Jeannel. He records the admiration and respect attributed to Jeannel in the field of entomology. Emphasis is given to the work of Jeannel at Cluj, Romania, carried on with E. G. Racovitza and P. A. Chappuis. A summary is made of Jeannel’s many travels. The significant conclusions of these are presented as well as an insight into the character of this prominent French naturalist.

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Les Crustacés Du Réservoir De La Fontaine Des Suisses À Dijon, Bernard Dussart, François Graf, Roger Husson Jan 1966

Les Crustacés Du Réservoir De La Fontaine Des Suisses À Dijon, Bernard Dussart, François Graf, Roger Husson

International Journal of Speleology

Inventory of the Crustaceans collected in the basin of the Fonatine des Suisses at Dijon. The Copepoda are represented by 5 species: Macrocyclops albidits, Eucyclops serrulatus in two slightly different forms, Eucyclops serrulatus var. mihi, Acanthocyclops venustus, Acanthocyclops vernalis and Acanthocyclops robustus. The coexistence of these two last forms in this very tiny environment makes it probable that we have here to do with two distinct species. A determination key is given for the Genus Acanthocyclops. Amphipoda are represented by Niphargus virei and especially Niphargus kochianus kochianus of which more than 100 samples have been …

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Description D'Un Piége À Niphargus, François Graf Jan 1966

Description D'Un Piége À Niphargus, François Graf

International Journal of Speleology

The description of a trap permitting the capture of Niphargus in deep waters is given. No handling or surveillance is necessary. The amphipods are caught automatically.

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Diptéres Cavernicoles Recueillis En Bulgarie, Anca Burghele-Balacesco Jan 1966

Diptéres Cavernicoles Recueillis En Bulgarie, Anca Burghele-Balacesco

International Journal of Speleology

We present the list of the Limnobiidae, Mycetophilidae, Anthomyidae and Helomyzidae species collected in the caves of Bulgaria, most part on occasion of the third international speleological expedition.

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Sobre Bathysciinae Catalanes (Col. Catopidae), F. Español Jan 1966

Sobre Bathysciinae Catalanes (Col. Catopidae), F. Español

International Journal of Speleology

Elencation of Speonomus and Speophilus (Col. Catopidae) collected by different speleologists in relation with the Museum of Zoology of Barcelona in caves where no beetles had been found yet, completing the knowledge on cave Coleoptera on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees. The paper also contains the description of two new species (Speonomus aurouxi and Speophilus subilsi), and a short comment on Troglocharinus impelletierii Espaù. described as a race of hustachei Jeann., but different from this species by several characters that distinguish it very well, justifying its geographical isolation.

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Remarques Sur L'Espèce Asellus Cavaticus Leydig (Crustacé Isopode Hypogé) Et Description D'Une Sous-Espèce Nouvelle, Jean-Paul Henry Jan 1966

Remarques Sur L'Espèce Asellus Cavaticus Leydig (Crustacé Isopode Hypogé) Et Description D'Une Sous-Espèce Nouvelle, Jean-Paul Henry

International Journal of Speleology

In Europe, Asellus cavaticus Leydig until 1963 was the only species known of a phyletic line that extended from Britain to Austria. Until the works of Racovitza in 1919 all the Asellus of the underground world were reported to this species, first known subterranean Asellus. The taxonomic criteria of Racovitza allowed to determine many subspecies. Later on Chappuis refuses to give names to the different encountered forms. Taking as type forms the individuals of the grotte de Sainte-Reine (Meurthe-et-Moselle), considered very similar to the original type forms, we think to be able to define a new subspecies puteanus for …

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Hydracariens Souterrains De Bulgarie. I. Mideopsis (Nudomideopsis) Motasi N. Sp., Anelya Petrova Jan 1966

Hydracariens Souterrains De Bulgarie. I. Mideopsis (Nudomideopsis) Motasi N. Sp., Anelya Petrova

International Journal of Speleology

A new species of Mideopsis (Nudomideopsis) motasi n. sp. coming from a well near Gorni-Ciflik, close to Belogradchik in NW Bulgaria, is described. For the structure of the palp it is distinguished from the other subterranean European species Mideopsis (Mideopsis (Nudomideopsis) longipalpis Szalay and Mideopsis (Nudomideopsis) fonticola Tanasachi et Orghidan and resembles some Japonese Mideopsis species found also in wells.

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