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Editors: David C. Culver, Louis Deharveng, Janine Gibert, and Ira D. Sasowsky, 2001
Mapping Subterranean Biodiversity

Proceedings of an international workshop held March 18 through 20, 2001 at the Laboratoire Souterrain du CNRS, Moulis, Ariege, France.

Published by the Karst Waters Institute.
Format: 8.5 x 11 inches, 82 + ii pages, softbound.
Includes photos, maps, and figures.



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Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
D.C. Culver, L. Deharveng, and J. Gibert 1
PROGRAM 3
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS 5
PLENARY LECTURES - Large Scale Non-Cave Databases 9
-Synopsis 10
-Mapping European endemism: the project "Endemism" L. Deharveng 12
WORKSHOP SESSION 1 - Creating a Database 15
-Synopsis 16
-Protocols for the assessment and conservation of aquatic life in the subsurface (PASCALIS): a European project J. Gibert 19
-CaveBiology.com - the anchialine biodiversity website T. M. Iliffe 22
WORKSHOP SESSION 2 - Uses of Databases 24
-Synopsis 25
-Mapping subterranean biodiversity: structure of the database, mapping software (CKMAP), and a report of status for Italy F. Stoch 29
-Spatial models for predicting cave biodiversity: an example from the southeastern United States M.C. Christman and D.C. Culver 36
-Extrapolating biodiversity values from landscape features G. Chust, J. Pretus, D. Ducrot, and L. Deharveng 39
-Determining sampling gaps for cave species S. Krow and D.C. Culver 42
-Geo-referenced computer recordings as an instrument for protecting cave-dwelling species of Tenerife (Canary Islands) I. Izquierdo, J.L. Martín, N. Zurita, and A. Medina 45
-Creation and development of the biospeleological database in Croatia S. Gottstein Matocec, T. Bakran-Petricioli, B. Jalzic, N. Matocec, R. Ozimec, and D. Petricioli 49




 

 

WORKSHOP SESSION 3 - Status Reports 53
-Synopsis 54
-Subterranean biodiversity in the British Isles G.S. Proudlove 56
-The status of subterranean biodiversity in Morocco M. Messouli 59
-The diversity of subterranean fishes G.S. Proudlove 60
-Mapping Niphargus distribution in France S. Blondeau and J. Gibert 63
-Mapping subterranean biodiversity in Brazilian karst areas E. Trajano 67
-The Cuban troglobites A. Perez Gonzalez and J. Yager 71
WORKSHOP SESSION 4 - Framework for Future Work 76
-Synopsis 77
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WORKSHOP 79
AUTHOR INDEX 82