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Microbiological study in a gneissic cave from Sri Lanka, with special focus on potential antimicrobial activities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2021
The emergence of antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis, thus the search for novel antimicrobial compounds has become a continuous necessity. Underexplored and extreme environments, such as cave ecosystems, have been identified as a promising ...
Ethige Isuru P. Silva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mammoth Cave: A Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the United States

open access: yesDiversity, 2021
The Mammoth Cave System in the Interior Low Plateau karst region in central Kentucky, USA is a global hotspot of cave-limited biodiversity, particularly terrestrial species.
Matthew L. Niemiller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Air pressure propagation through Wind Cave and Jewel Cave: How do pressure waves travel through barometric caves?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2021
In barometric caves, air pressure gradients between the outside atmosphere and the cave induce strong bidirectional compensating currents, which control almost all elements of speleoclimatology, including air temperature, humidity, and CO2 dynamics ...
Annika Gomell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discovery of a new population of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp, Palaemonias alabamae Smalley, 1961, in northern Alabama [PDF]

open access: yesSubterranean Biology, 2019
The Alabama Cave Shrimp Palaemonias alabamae Smalley, 1961 is a federally endangered cave shrimp endemic to just four cave systems within and near the greater Huntsville metropolitan area in Madison County, Alabama USA.
Matthew L. Niemiller   +11 more
doaj   +3 more sources

GIS analysis to assess the groundwater habitat pollution of black proteus

open access: yesNatura Sloveniae, 2017
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Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 2019
Cave air pCO2 (carbon dioxide partial pressure) is, along with drip rate, one of the most important factors controlling speleothem carbonate precipitation.
Breitenbach, Sebastian   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Searching for the black Proteus with the help of eDNA

open access: yesNatura Sloveniae, 2016
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Špela Gorički   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Female mating preferences in blind cave tetras Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae, Teleostei). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The Mexican tetra Astyanax fasciatus has evolved a variety of more or less color- and eyeless cave populations. Here we examined the evolution of the female preference for large male body size within different populations of this species, either surface-
Plath, Martin   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Interventions and policies aimed at improving nutrition in Small Island Developing States: a rapid review

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022
Objective. To describe features of nutritional interventions implemented in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the past 20 years. Methods. A rapid scoping review was conducted by searching PubMed and Web of Science databases for interventions ...
Catherine R. Brown   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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