Cueva de Villa Luz, Tabasco, Mexico: Reconnaissance study of an active sulfur spring cave and ecosystem

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Hose, Louise D ^a   Pisarowicz, James A ^b  

^a WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Wind Cave National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; SPELEOLOGY; SPRING WATER; SULFUR;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033001815     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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