The Biological Resources of Illinois Caves and Other Subterranean Environments: Determination of the Diversity, Distribution, and Status of the Subterranean Faunas of Illinois Caves and how These Faunas are Related to Groundwater Quality |
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... floor was dry breakdown and rubble . A few names had been scratched in the walls and a broken bottle was found on the floor . No water was observed . Speleothems observed included flowstone , popcorn , and fluted walls , none of which ...
... floor was dry breakdown and rubble . A few names had been scratched in the walls and a broken bottle was found on the floor . No water was observed . Speleothems observed included flowstone , popcorn , and fluted walls , none of which ...
Page 115
... floor and scattered pools of water . The right passage was followed for several hundred feet , where it continued 2-4 feet high by 8 feet wide with the floor thickly covered with silt and pools of water up to several feet deep were ...
... floor and scattered pools of water . The right passage was followed for several hundred feet , where it continued 2-4 feet high by 8 feet wide with the floor thickly covered with silt and pools of water up to several feet deep were ...
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... floor . A small trickle of water flows from the entrance . In this section large logs could be observed that were wedged up at the ceiling , showing how high the water level sometimes gets . Shortly the passage becomes a cobble crawlway ...
... floor . A small trickle of water flows from the entrance . In this section large logs could be observed that were wedged up at the ceiling , showing how high the water level sometimes gets . Shortly the passage becomes a cobble crawlway ...
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Air and water Air temperatures Table Amphibia amphipods aquatic Arachnida Araneae Arthropoda bedrock walls beetles breakdown Brown's Hole Caecidotea Carabidae cave is located Cave Spring cave stream cave was examined cave zone data Cave-in-Rock Caverns Ceuthophilus sp chemical analysis Chiroptera Coleoptera collected or observed Collembola Crangonyx Current Status dark zone Diplopoda Diptera DL DL DL entire cave entrance zone Fauna feet high feet wide Fogelpole Cave Gammaridae groundwater Gryllacrididae Hardin County Heleomyzidae Holsinger human visitation Illinois caves Insecta invertebrates Isopoda J. K. Krejca Jackson County Johnson County karst KARST REGION Krejca and S. J. limestone Malacostraca Mammalia map is available Monroe County Myotis Opiliones Orthoptera passage Peck and Lewis Pesticide Physical and chemical Plethodontidae Pope County S. J. Taylor Shawnee Hills sinkhole Sinkhole Plain species speleothems Spring Cave Staphylinidae Table 9 Taxa collected Trace metals troglobitic troglophiles trogloxenes twilight zone Union County water samples wooded hillside