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Zusatztext [T]his book is well-written and very professional Informationen zum Autor David C. Culver received his Ph.D. in 1970 in Biology from Yale University. He is currently Professor of Biology at American University in Washington, DC, with broad research interests in subterranean biology, especially biodiversity, biogeography, and ecosystem function. He has active research projects on U.S. subterranean biodiversity databases, spatial statistical patterns of obligate subterranean animals, the obligate subterranean animals in seeps in the Washington, DC area and Slovenia, diversity and biogeography of epikarst invertebrates in the Appalachians and Slovenia, organic carbon flux in caves, large scale subterranean biodiversity patterns, and regional scale subterranean biodiversity patterns and protection in West Virginia. Culver is Comptroller of the Karst Waters Institute, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an Honorary Life Member of the National Speleological Society. Tanja Pipan received her Ph.D. in 2003 in Biology from University of Ljubljana. She is currently Research Advisor at the Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU and Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, with research interests in the ecology, biology, and systematics of the subterranean copepod fauna, especially in the epikarst. Pipan is country coordinator for the Slovenian Long Term Ecological Research program. She received the grant for the most significant young researcher from ZRC SAZU for scientific work in 2003, the 2004 award from the International Society for Subterranean Biology for best presentation at the meeting in Raipur, India and an award in 2005 for best paper at the International Association of Hydrogeology meeting in Kotar, Montenegro. She is biology editor of the International Journal of Speleology. Klappentext This book concentrates on shallow subterranean habitats of intermediate size (seepage springs, spaces between rocks, cracks in lava etc.), describing the habitats, their fauna, and the ecological and evolutionary questions posed. Zusammenfassung This book concentrates on shallow subterranean habitats of intermediate size (seepage springs, spaces between rocks, cracks in lava etc.), describing the habitats, their fauna, and the ecological and evolutionary questions posed. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The shallow subterranean domain 2: Seepage springs and the hypotelminorheic habitat 3: Epikarst: the soil-rock interface in karst 4: Intermediate-sized terrestrial shallow subterranean habitats 5: Calcrete aquifers 6: Interstitial habitats along rivers and streams 7: Soil 8: Lava tubes 9: The role of light in shallow subterranean habitats 10: Environmental fluctuations and stresses in shallow subterranean habitats 11: Organic carbon and nutrients in shallow subterranean habitats 12: Evolution of morphology in shallow subterranean habitats 13: Colonization and dispersal in shallow subterranean habitats 14: Phylogeny in shallow subterranean habitats 15: Conservation and protection of shallow subterranean habitats 16: Epilogue and prospects ...
