Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X)

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Cave and Karst Science (iv + 48pp) (PDF 4.7MB)        Individual articles may be available below

GUNN, John and David LOWE (eds.). (2018). Cave and Karst Science 45(1). Buxton: British Cave Research Association. ISSN 1356-191X. iv + 48pp, A4, with photos, maps and diagrams.
This issue has a cover date of 2018 (April) and was published in April 2018.

The Transactions of the British Cave Research Association

Front cover photo (page i) (PDF 433KB)     

by Rob EAVIS.
Moorwood Sough near Cliffe Stile Mine, Stoney Middleton (Photo: Rob Eavis).

 

Notes for Contributors (page ii) (PDF 266KB)     

 

Contents (p1) (PDF 412KB)     

 

Editorial Advisory Board (p2) (PDF 169KB)     

 

Editorial (pp3-4) (PDF 564KB)     

by David LOWE and John GUNN.

 

Dr Trevor Royle Shaw, OBE: Speleo-historian extraordinaire – Appreciations at the time of his 90th Birthday (pp5-14) (PDF 1.3MB)     

Classification: Feature.

Bibliograph: Anon. (2018). Dr Trevor Royle Shaw, OBE: Speleo-historian extraordinaire – Appreciations at the time of his 90th Birthday. Cave and Karst Science 45(1), pp5-14.

 

The earliest time of karst cave formation (pp15-18) (PDF 533KB)     

by Susan Q WHITE, Ken G GRIMES, John E MYLROIE and Joan R MYLROIE.
The earliest cave genesis in any karstic environment is constructional cave formation, as in tufa caves and reef macro-porosity, which occurs simultaneously with carbonate rock deposition but without in situ dissolution. Syngenetic caves form by dissolution in unlithified sediments, as syndepositonal caves; and by dissolution in lithified but diagenetically immature carbonate rocks, as eogenetic caves. Carbonate burial results in diagenetic maturity, and produces mesogenetic caves by hypogenic processes. Re-exposure of diagenetically mature carbonates on the earth's surface results in telogenetic caves. Marble caves form in metamorphosed carbonates derived from mesogenetic or telogenetic conditions.
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 16 January 2018; Accepted: 02 March 2018.
Keywords: carbonates, caves, constructional caves, diagenetic maturity, eogenetic, karst, syndepositional, syngenetic.

Bibliograph: WHITE, Susan Q; Ken G GRIMES, John E MYLROIE and Joan R MYLROIE. (2018). The earliest time of karst cave formation. Cave and Karst Science 45(1), pp15-18.

 

The aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Ogof Draenen cave system in South Wales, UK (pp19-30) (PDF 2.1MB)     

by Lee R F D KNIGHT, Anton BRANCELJ, Francois EDWARDS and Lou MAURICE.
The invertebrate fauna of the Ogof Draenen cave system in South Wales was investigated between 2012 and 2015. Fifty-nine sites were sampled within the cave, comprising 51 sites on vadose streams, four pools and four dripping avens. The main method employed in vadose streams was three minutes of 'kick sampling' using an FBA pattern net. Pools and smaller flows of water were sampled using a combination of netting and manual searching. Sampling was also carried out on the surface at six resurgences and four surface seepages/streams feeding into dolines (stream sinks) that are known from dye-tracing to be connected to the cave system below.
Sixty-two invertebrate taxa were recorded in the cave system, 43 from the sinks, and 58 from the resurgences. Most cave samples were dominated by Oligochaeta and stygobiontic Crustacea including the amphipods Niphargus fontanus Bate 1859 and Microniphargus leruthi Schellenberg 1934, the isopod Proasellus cavaticus Leydig 1871 sensu Henry 1970 and the syncarid Antrobathynella stammeri Jakobi 1954. The records of M. leruthi, a species only discovered in Britain in 2010, are the first from a Welsh cave system; and the records of A. stammeri are the first for this species from Wales. Four eustygophilic species were also recorded in the cave, which were not present in samples collected from the resurgences or sinks and may therefore represent isolated subterranean populations. These included: the oligochaete worm Dorydrilus michaelseni Piguet 1913, the ostracod Cavernocypris subterranea (Wolf 1920), the copepod Paracyclops fimbriatus (Fischer 1853) and the halacarid mite Soldanellonyx chappuisi (Walter 1917).
The amphipod Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus 1758) occurred in the sinks, resurgences and at several sites within the cave, some at a considerable distance underground, and amongst large populations of stygobiontic Crustacea. These showed varying degrees of depigmentation and were highly likely to represent a eustygophilic population. Stygobiontic Crustacea were common and often abundant, with populations of over 100 Proasellus cavaticus at some sites. In total, 7010 invertebrates were collected from the 59 samples. These samples represent only a tiny fraction of the habitat present, and therefore the invertebrates in the cave system may occur in substantial enough numbers to play a role in biogeochemical cycles. The invertebrate communities of lentic (static water) habitats were less diverse than those of the vadose streams and included small numbers of Oligochaeta, with occasional specimens of P. cavaticus, N. fontanus, Microniphargus and Nematoda, as well as the copepod Paracyclops fimbriatus.
Epigean benthic fauna were present in the cave close to surface inlets, and within the surface sinks and resurgences, although the latter were also characterized by stygobiontic Crustacea, including a second Niphargus species, N. aquilex Schiödte 1855, which was not found within the cave. The presence of five stygobiontic Crustacea from the system makes this the most diverse stygobiontic fauna recorded so far from a British cave.
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 19 October 2017; Accepted: 22 February 2018.
Keywords: Ogof Draenen, cave aquatic invertebrates, stygobiontic Crustacea, eustygophilic, biodiversity.

Bibliograph: KNIGHT, Lee R F D; Anton BRANCELJ, Francois EDWARDS and Lou MAURICE. (2018). The aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Ogof Draenen cave system in South Wales, UK. Cave and Karst Science 45(1), pp19-30.

 

The aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Ogof Draenen cave system in South Wales, UK – Appendix 1 (page S1) (XLS 35KB)     

by Lee R F D KNIGHT, Anton BRANCELJ, Francois EDWARDS and Lou MAURICE.
Online supplement to above paper.

 

The aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Ogof Draenen cave system in South Wales, UK – Appendix 2 (page S2) (XLS 39KB)     

by Lee R F D KNIGHT, Anton BRANCELJ, Francois EDWARDS and Lou MAURICE.
Online supplement to above paper (Excel Spreadsheet: Ogof Draenen Resurgences taxa list).

 

The aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Ogof Draenen cave system in South Wales, UK – Appendix 3 (page S3) (XLS 72KB)     

by Lee R F D KNIGHT, Anton BRANCELJ, Francois EDWARDS and Lou MAURICE.
Online supplement to above paper.

 

The 'gulfs' of Greenhow Hill, North Yorkshire, UK: further notes and an example from Ireland (pp31-32) (PDF 663KB)     

by Phillip J MURPHY, Shirley EVERETT and Petie BARRY.
Vertical sediment-filled cavities were encountered by miners working in the Greenhow Hill mining field. A large, vertical, dissolution cavity that has many similarities with the Greenhow Hill gulfs is described from Ireland, and its occurrence suggests that features of this type might be more widespread than was previously thought.
Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 08 January 2018; Accepted: 12 February 2018.

Bibliograph: MURPHY, Phillip J; Shirley EVERETT and Petie BARRY. (2018). The 'gulfs' of Greenhow Hill, North Yorkshire, UK: further notes and an example from Ireland. Cave and Karst Science 45(1), pp31-32.

 

Ice caves in Greece (pp33-38) (PDF 819KB)     

by Georgios LAZARIDIS, Thomas THEODOSIADIS and Vasilios ATHANASOPOULOS.
Details of ice caves in Greece are reviewed in this paper, with the aim of improving their recognition and classification. Their distribution, morphology and the type of ice that they contain are discussed. The caves are dominantly of static type, containing accumulations of firn, with which congelation ice may coexist. Details of the major morphological patterns are presented, demonstrating that, on the basis of their morphology, most of the caves are deep and narrow shafts, although there are also some wide and shallow cavities with ice plugs. The latter occur mainly at relatively higher altitudes. The inventory created for ice caves in Greece includes 76 records, and this will become the basis for a newly established human-based monitoring system.
Classification: Paper.
Date: Received: 12 June 2017; Accepted: 21 February 2018.

Bibliograph: LAZARIDIS, Georgios; Thomas THEODOSIADIS and Vasilios ATHANASOPOULOS. (2018). Ice caves in Greece. Cave and Karst Science 45(1), pp33-38.

 

The Montagu Guano Cave: South Africa's latest show cave (p39) (PDF 812KB)     

by Stephen A CRAVEN.
This paper describes the commercial, biological and archaeological history of the Montagu Guano Cave.
Classification: Report.
Date: Received: 29 August 2017; Accepted: 12 February 2018.
Keywords: archaeology, Barnard, guano, Haughton, Jansen, Keller, Montagu, Mountain Club, Phillips, Prosser.

Bibliograph: CRAVEN, Stephen A. (2018). The Montagu Guano Cave: South Africa's latest show cave. Cave and Karst Science 45(1), p39.

 

Abstracts: A Golden Age of Cave Exploration (Royal Geographical Society, 01–04 December 2017) (pp44-48) (PDF 389KB)     

Classification: Forum.

 

Research Fund and Grants (page iii) (PDF 239KB)     

 

Back cover photos (page iv) (PDF 349KB)     

by Rob EAVIS.
Portfolio of photographs taken in caves and lead mines in Derbyshire (See contents page for photo captions).