Karst ecosystems

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn , Issue 9781402092114, 2011, Pages 521-531

  Engel, Annette S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029174177     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_125     Document Type: Chapter

References (76)

1. Angert, E. R., Northup, D. E., Reysenbach, A. L., Peek, A. S., Goebel, B. M., and Pace, N. R., 1998. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a bacterial community in Sulphur River, Parker Cave, Kentucky. American Mineralogist, 83, 1583-1592.
2. Ashmole, N. P., Orom, P., Ashmole, M. J., and Martin, J. L., 1992. Primary faunal succession in volcanic terrain: lava and cave studies on the Canary Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 46, 207—234.
3. Barton, H. A., 2006. Introduction to cave microbiology: a review for the non-specialist. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 68, 43-54.
4. Barton, H. A., and Northup, D. E., 2007. Geomicrobiology in cave environments: past, current and future perspectives. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 69(1), 163-178.
5. Barton, H. A., Taylor, N. M., Kreate, M. P., Springer, A. C., Oehrle, S. A., and Bertog, J. L., 2007. The impact of host rock geochemistry on bacterial community structure in oligotrophic cave environments. International Journal of Speleology, 36, 93-104.
6. Bates, C. L., Forstner, M. R., Barnes, M. B., Whiteley, M., and McLean, R. J. C., 2006. Heterotrophic limestone-adherent biofilm isolates from the Edwards Aquifer, Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist, 51, 299-309.
7. Brigmon, R. L., Martin, H. W., Morris, T. L., Britton, G., and Zam, S. G., 1994. Biogeochemical ecology of Thiothrix spp. in underwater limestone caves. Geomicrobiology Journal, 12, 141-159.
8. Cacchio, P., Contento, R., Ercole, C., Cappuccio, G., Preit Martinez, M., and Lepidi, A., 2004. Involvement of microorganisms in the formation of carbonate speleothems in the Cervo Cave (L’Aquila-Italy). Geomicrobiology Journal, 21, 497-509.
9. Cañaveras, J. C., Cuezva, S., Sanchez-Moral, S., Lario, J., Laiz, L., Gonzalez, J. M., and Saiz-Jimenez, C., 2006. On the origin of fiber calcite crystals in moonmilk deposits. Naturwissenschaften, 93, 27-32.
10. Caumartin, V., 1963. Review of the microbiology of underground environments. Bulletin of the National Speleological Society, 25, 1-14.
11. Chelius, M. K., and Moore, J. C., 2004. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Archaea and bacteria in Wind Cave, South Dakota. Geomicrobiology Journal, 21, 123-134.
12. Culver, D. C., 1970. Analysis of simple cave communities I: caves as islands. Evolution, 24, 463-474.
13. Culver, D. C., and Sket, B., 2000. Hotspots of subterranean biodiversity in caves and wells. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62, 11-17.
14. Eberhard, S. M., Halse, S. A., Scanlon, M. D., Cocking, J. S., and Barron, H. J., 2005. Assessment and conservation of aquatic life in the subsurface of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Symposium on World Subterranean Biodiversity Proceedings, pp. 69-72.
15. Egemeier, S., 1981. Cave development by thermal waters. Bulletin of the National Speleological Society, 43, 31-51.
16. Engel, A. S., 2007. Observations on the biodiversity of sulfidic karst habitats. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 69, 187-206.
17. Engel, A. S., Porter, M. L., Kinkle, B. K., and Kane, T. C., 2001. Ecological assessment and geological significance of microbial communities from Cesspool Cave, Virginia. Geomicrobiology Journal, 18, 259-274.
18. Engel, A. S., Porter, M. L., Stern, L. A., Quinlan, S., and Bennett, P. C., 2004a. Bacterial diversity and ecosystem function of filamentous microbial mats from aphotic (cave) sulfidic springs dominated by chemolithoautotrophic “Epsilonproteobacteria”. FEMSMicrobiology Ecology, 51, 31-53.
19. Engel, A. S., Stern, L. A., and Bennett, P. C., 2004b. Microbial contributions to cave formation: new insights into sulfuric acid speleogenesis. Geology, 32(5), 369-372.
20. Farnleitner, A. H., Wilhartitz, I., Ryzinska, G., Kirschner, A. K. T., Stadler, H., Burtscher, M. M., Hornek, R., Szewzyk, U., Herndl, G., and Mach, R. L., 2005. Bacterial dynamics in spring water of alpine karst aquifers indicates the presence of stable autochthonous microbial endokarst communities. Environmental Microbiology, 7, 1248-1259.
21. Fliermans, C. B., Bohlool, B. B., and Schmidt, E. L., 1974. Auteco-logical study of the chemoautotroph Nitrobacter by immunofluorescence. Applied Microbiology, 27, 124-129.
22. Ford, D. C., and Williams, P., 2007. Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology. Chichester: Wiley, p. 576.
23. Gale, S. J., 1992. Long-term landscape evolution in Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 17, 323-343.
24. Gibert, J., 1986. Ecologie d’un systeme karstique jurassien. Hydrogéologie, dérive animale, transits de matières, dynamique de la population de Niphargus (Crustacé Amphipode). Memoires de Biospeologie, 13, 1-379.
25. Goldscheider, N., Hunkeler, D., andRossi, P., 2006. Review: microbial biocenoses in pristine aquifers and an assessment of investigative methods. Hydrogeology Journal, 14, 926-941.
26. Herbert, R. A., Ranchou-Peyruse, A., Duran, R., Guyoneaud, R., and Schwabe, S., 2005. Characterization of purple sulfur bacteria from the South Andros Black Hole cave system: highlights taxonomic problems for ecological studies among the genera Allochromatium and Thiocapsa. Environmental Microbiology, 7, 1260-1268.
27. Hill, C. A., 1996. Geology of the Delaware Basin, Guadalupe, Apache, and Glass Mountains. New Mexico and West Texas: Permian Basin Section (SEPM), Publication no. 96-39, p. 480.
28. Hose, L. D., Palmer, A. N., Palmer, M. V., Northup, D. E., Boston, P. J., and DuChene, H. R., 2000. Microbiology and geochemistry in a hydrogen-sulphide rich karst environment. Chemical Geology, 169, 399-423.
29. Howarth, F. G., 1973. The cavernicolous fauna of Hawaiian lava tubes, 1. Introduction. Pacific Insects, 15, 139-151.
30. Howarth, F. G., 1981. Community structure and niche differentiation in Hawaiian lava tubes. In Mueller-Dombois, D., Bridges, K. W., and Carson, H. L. (eds.), Island Ecosystems: Biological Organization in Selected Hawaiian Communities. US/IBP Synthesis Series 15. Stroudsburg, PA: Hutchinson Ross, pp. 318-336.
31. Hubbard, D. A., Herman, J. S., and Bell, P. E., 1986. The role of sulfide oxidation in the genesis of Cesspool Cave, Virginia, USA. In Comissio Organitzadora del IX Congres International d'Espeleologica, ed. 9th International Congress of Speleology, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 255-257.
32. Humphreys, W. F., 1999a. Physico-chemical profile and energy fixation in Bundera Sinkhole, an anchialine remiped habitat in north-western Australia. Journal ofthe Royal Society ofWestern Australia, 82, 89-98.
33. Humphreys, W. F., 1999b. Relict stygofaunas living in sea salt, karst and calcrete habitats in arid northwestern Australia contain many ancient lineages. In Ponder, W., and Lunney, D. (eds.), The Other 99%o. The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates. Mosman 2088: Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, pp. 219-227.
34. Hutchens, E., Radajewski, S., Dumont, M. G., McDonald, I. R., and Murrell, J. C., 2004. Analysis of methanotrophic bacteria in Movile Cave by stable isotope probing. Environmental Microbiology, 6, 111-120.
35. Ikner, L. A., Toomey, R. S., Nolan, G., Neilson, J. W., Pryor, B. M., and Maier, R., 2007. Culturable microbial diversity and the impact of tourism in Kartchner Caverns, Arizona. Microbial Ecology, 53, 30-42.
36. Jasinska, E. J., Knott, B., and McComb, A. J., 1996. Root mats in ground water: a fauna-rich cave habitat. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 15, 508-519.
37. Jones, B., 2001. Microbial activity in caves: a geological perspective. Geomicrobiology Journal, 18, 345-358.
38. Klimchouk, A. B., 2007. HypogeneSpeleogenesis: Hydrogeological and Morphogenetic Perspective. Carlsbad, NM: National Cave and Karst Research Institute, (Special Paper no. 1), p. 106.
39. Levelle, R. J., Fyfe, W. S., and Longstaffe, F. J., 2000. Geomicrobiology of carbonate-silicate microbialites from Hawaiian basaltic sea caves. Chemical Geology, 169, 339-355.
40. Longley, G., 1981. The Edwards Aquifer - Earth’s most diverse groundwater ecosystem. International Journal of Speleology, 11, 123-128.
41. Macalady, J. L., Lyon, E. H., Koffman, B., Albertson, L. K., Meyer, K., Galdenzi, S., and Mariani, S., 2006. Dominant microbial populations in limestone-corroding stream biofilms, Frasassi Cave system, Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72, 5596-5609.
42. Macalady, J. L., Jones, D. S., and Lyon, E. H., 2007. Extremely acidic, pendulous cave wall biofilms from the Frasassi cave system, Italy. Environmental Microbiology, 13, 1402-1414.
43. Mahler, B. J., Personne, J. C., Lods, G. F., and Drogue, C., 2000. Transport of free and particulate-associated bacteria in karst. Journal of Hydrology, 238, 179-193.
44. Northup, D. E., and Lavoie, K., 2001. Geomicrobiology of caves: a review. Geomicrobiology Journal, 18, 199-222.
45. Northup, D. E., and Welbourn, W. C., 1997. Life in the twilight zone: lava tube ecology. New Mexico Bureau ofMines & Mineral Resources Bulletin, 156, 69-82.
46. Northup, D. E., Dahm, C. N., Melim, L. A., Spilde, M. N., Crossey, L. J., Lavoie, K. H., Mallory, L. M., Boston, P. J., Cunningham, K. I., and Barns, S. M., 2000. Evidence for geomicrobiological interactions in Guadalupe caves. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62, 80-90.
47. Northup, D. E., Barns, S. M., Yu, L. E., Spilde, M. N., Schelble, R. T., Dano, K. E., Crossey, L. J., Connolly, C. A., Boston, P. J., Natvig, D. O., and Dahm, C. N., 2003. Diverse microbial communities inhabiting ferromanganese deposits in Lechuguilla and Spider Caves. Environmental Microbiology, 5, 1071-1086.
48. Northup, D. E., Connolly, C. A., Trent, A., Peck, V. M., Spilde, M. N., Welbourn, W. C., and Natvig, D. O., 2008. The nature of bacterial communities in Four Windows Cave, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA. AMCS Bulletin, 19, 119-125.
49. Olson, R. A., and Thompson, D. B., 1988. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis of artificial and natural substrates from the Phantom Flowstone of Sulphur River in Parker Cave, Kentucky. National Speleological Society Bulletin, 50, 47-53.
50. Onac, B. P., Tysseland, M., Bengeanu, M., and Hofenpradli, A., 1997. Deposition of black manganese and iron-rich sediments in Vantului Cave (Romania). In Jeannin, P.-Y. (ed.), Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology. International Union of Speleology, pp. 235-238.
51. Opsahl, S. P., and Chanton, J. P., 2006. Isotopic evidence for methane-based chemosynthesis in the Upper Floridan aquifer food web. Oecologia, 150, 89-96.
52. Palmer, A. N., 1991. Origin and morphology of limestone caves. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 103, 1-21.
53. Palmer, A. N., 1995. Geochemical models for the origin of macroscopic solution porosity in carbonate rocks. In Budd, D. A., Saller, A. H., and Harris, P. M. (eds.), Unconformities and Porosity in Carbonate Strata. Tulsa: AAPG Memoir 63, pp. 77-101.
54. Palmer, A. N., 2007. Cave Geology. Dayton, OH: Cave Books, p. 454.
55. Peck, S. B., 1986. Bacterial deposition of iron and manganese oxides in North American caves. Bulletin ofthe National Speleological Society, 48, 26-30.
56. Pohlman, J. W., Iliffe, T. M., and Cifuentes, L. A., 1997. A stable isotope study of organic cycling and the ecology of an anchialine cave ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Studies, 155, 17-27.
57. 39Ar of alunite. Science, 279, 1919-1922.
58. Por, F. D., 2007. Ophel: a groundwater biome based on chemoauto-trophic resources. The global significance of the Ayyalon cave finds, Israel. Hydrobiologia, 592, 1-10.
59. Porter, M. L., 1999. Ecosystem Energetics ofSulfidic Karst. Masters Thesis, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, p. 52.
60. Pronk, M., Goldscheider, N., and Zopfi, J., 2006. Dynamics and interaction of organic carbon, turbidity and bacteria in a karst aquifer system. Hydrogeology Journal, 14, 473-484.
61. Rusterholtz, K., and Mallory, L. M., 1994. Density, activity and diversity of bacteria indigenous to a karstic aquifer. Microbial Ecology, 28, 79-99.
62. Sarbu, S. M., Kane, T. C., and Kinkle, B. K., 1996. A chemoautotro-phically based cave ecosystem. Science, 272, 1953-1955.
63. Schabereiter-Gurtner, C., Saiz-Jimenez, C., Pinar, G., Lubitz, W., and Rolleke, S., 2002a. Phylogenetic 16S rRNA analysis reveals the presence of complex and partly unknown bacterial communities in Tito Bustillo Cave, Spain, and on its Palaeolithic paintings. Environmental Microbiology, 4, 392-400.
64. Schabereiter-Gurtner, C., Saiz-Jimenez, C., Pinar, G., Lubitz, W., and Rolleke, S., 2002b. Altamira Cave Paleolithic paintings harbour partly unknown bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 211, 7-11.
65. Schabereiter-Gurtner, C., Saiz-Jimenez, C., Pinar, G., Lubitz, W., and Rolleke, S., 2004. Phylogenetic diversity of bacteria associated with Paleolithic paintings and surrounding rock walls in two Spanish caves (Llonin and La Garma). FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 47, 235-247.
66. Simon, K. S., 2000. Organic Matter Dynamics and Trophic Structure in Karst Groundwater. Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, p. 95.
67. Simon, K. S., Benfield, E. F., and Macko, S. A., 2003. Food web structure and the role of epilithic biofilms in cave streams. Ecology, 84, 2395-2406.
68. Sket, B., 1999. The nature of biodiversity in hypogean waters and how it is endangered. Biodiversity Conservation, 8, 1319-1338.
69. Stoessell, R. K., Moore, Y. H., and Coke, J. G., 1993. The occurrence and effect of sulfate reduction and sulfide oxidation on coastal limestone dissolution in Yucatan cenotes. Ground Water, 31, 566-575.
70. van Beynen, P., and Townsend, K., 2005. A disturbance index for karst environments. Environmental Management, 36, 101 -116.
71. Vlasceanu, L., 1999. Thriving in the Dark: The Microbiology of Two Chemoautotrophically-based Groundwater Ecosystems. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, p. 171.
72. Vlasceanu, L., Popa, R., and Kinkle, B., 1997. Characterization of Thiobacillus thioparus LV43 and its distribution in a chemoautotrophically based groundwater ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 63, 3123-3127.
73. Vlasceanu, L., Sarbu, S. M., Engel, A. S., and Kinkle, B. K., 2000. Acidic cave-wall biofilms located in the Frasassi Gorge, Italy. Geomicrobiology Journal, 17, 125-139.
74. White, W. B., 1997. Thermodynamic equilibrium, kinetics, activation barriers, and reaction mechanisms for chemical reactions in Karst Terrains. Environmental Geology, 30, 46-58.
75. White, W. B., and Culver, D. C., 2000. Cave, definition of. In Culver, D. C., and White, W. B. (eds.), Encyclopedia ofCaves. Burlington, MA: Elsevier, pp. 81-85.
76. Zimmermann, J., Gonzalez, J. M., Saiz-Jimenez, C., and Ludwig, W., 2005. Detection and phylogenetic relationships of highly diverse uncultured acidobacterial communities in Altamira Cave using 23S rRNA sequence analyses. Geomicrobiology Journal, 22, 379-388.