Assessment of the ecological resources of the caves of Russell Cave National Monument and of selected caves at the Lookout Mountain unit of Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park [FINAL REPORT]
Hobbs HH. 1994. Assessment of the ecological resources of the caves of Russell Cave National Monument and of selected caves at the Lookout Mountain unit of Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park [FINAL REPORT]. National Park Service
Extensive report, well-illustrated with photographs documenting the results of a study of water and organisms in 8 caves at Russell Cave National Monument and 13 on Lookout Mountain (Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP). Includes detailed descriptions of the caves with maps of cave locations and cave layouts, tables of physical conditions (air temperature, relative humidity, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, turbidity, total dissolved solids, iron, phosphorous (PO4), nitrate, sulfate and total hardness, and descriptions of each of the 7 phyla and 87 species of invertebrate and vertebrate fauna found in the caves (notes whether each is a troglobite, troglophile, trogloxene or accidental). At the end is a section on management recommendations.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Hobbs, Horton
- Date of Issue
- 1994-01-15
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CHCH , RUCA
- Keywords
- Air Temperature, Animal Studies, Animals, Aquatic Sciences, Caves, Checklist, Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Hardness (Water), Illustrations, Invertebrates (Invertebrata), Iron (Fe), Map, Nitrates (NO3), pH, Phosphorus (P), Photographs, Relative Humidity, solids (water quality), Sulfates (SO4), Troglobites, troglophiles, trogloxenes, Turbidity, Water Temperature
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Cave/Karst Features and Processes