We are carrying out research on the distribution of cave fauna in a shaft with a perennial ice and snow deposit that partially occupies the bottom and in some other caves with perennial deposits of ice inside them. In the meantime geologists are monitoring the reduction of the snow and analyzing the physical aspect of the ice.
Several studies have been carried out by geologists and glaciologists on this topic but very few on the faunistic and biospeleological aspects.
I would be interested in knowing whether someone is leading similar studies.
Hi. The only such case or research I remember is ecological study of an epikarst community in Snezna jama na Planini Arto. The ice is present at the entrance of the cave alI year, so it is something like what you mentioned. I will try to find some more similar studies or at least I will try to remeber one. Abovementioned paper is freely available on Acta Carsologica websites. Here is the direct link of paper:
http://carsologica.zrc-sazu.si/downloads/403/Papi.pdf
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Hi. I can offer identification of the material. Diptera: Heleomyzidae by my wife Katerina Dvorakova and Diptera: Aisopodidae and Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae by myself, maybe also Diptera: Culicidae by myself (only samples, not thousands individuals).
Dear Peter, thank you for your help, I already knew the paper of Papi and Pipan. Please let me know if you will rwmwmber or find other similar paper.
Libor, I'll contact you for diptera, thank you.
Hi, Leonardo,
if you are also interested in data on fishes and invertebrates living in ice cavities in sea, I can give you some references. There are some papers of A..P. Andriashev and I.A. Meljnikov on the cryopelagic biocenoses.
Hi Olga,
I'will read with pleasure the publications you're talking about, please send me the references. Can be definitely something interesting .I read sometinghs on this topics when I started to work on Heat Shock Proteins in cave coleoptera.
Hi Leonardo,
Please could you send me your email So I could forward you several answer I have had through my colleagues in caving and biospeleology.
Thank you very much.
One more :-) I have found your email on the wen and forwarded you the answers I have received through my caving network
Hi Yves. Has your team Hymenoptera: Icneumonidae, Diptera: Anisopodiae+Heleomyzidae+Culicidae from the caves?
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