Subterranean organisms always attracted the attention of humans using caves with various
purposes, due to the strange appearance of several among them and life in an environment …

Decomposition of organic matter is a process, which includes mostly physical breakdown
and biochemical transformation of complex organic molecules into simpler organic and …

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) was examined using fluorescence and
absorbance spectra from sulfidic cave and thermal and non-thermal surface-discharging …

Context A landscape is defined as a “system of ecosystems” and this is a model in which
karst areas can easily be integrated. In karst areas, much of the connectivity between the …

Ecohydrology can be defined as the science of integrating hydrological and biological
processes over varied spatial and temporal scales. There exists in karst a strong and direct …

Karst caves are unique natural features and habitats where specialized organisms live.
Some caves are also important as cultural heritage sites. In recent decades, many caves …

Subterranean estuaries extend inland into density-stratified coastal carbonate aquifers
containing a surprising diversity of endemic animals (mostly crustaceans) within a highly …

Underground tourist cultural and natural heritage sites in Slovenia that share similar
management problems with other such sites worldwide include Postojna Cave with more …

The dominant neo-Darwinian paradigm of the evolution of cave animals is that the severe
aphotic, low food environment with little environmental cyclicity imposes strong selective …

Moonmilk speleothems of limestone caves host a rich microbiome, among which
Actinobacteria represent one of the most abundant phyla. Ancient medical texts reported that …