Report
Biological, geological and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama
McGregor, S.W., Rheams, K.F., O’Neil, P.E., Moser, P.H. and Blackwood, R.
Record Number:
5832
Year:
1994
Pages:
229 pages
Notes:
Unpublished report prepared by Geological Survey of Alabama
Times Cited:
1
Relevent Species:
Related Records:
Davidson, R. (1840)
An excursion to the Mammoth Cave and the Barrens of Kentucky,with some notices of the early settlement of the state
Thompson, W. (1844)Notice of the blind-fish, crayfish and insects from the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Girard, C. (1859)Ichthyological notices
Packard, A. S. and Putnam, F. W. (1872)The Mammoth Cave and its inhabitants, a description of the fishes, insects and crustaceans found in the caves, etc
Packard, A. S. (1888)The cave fauna of North America, with remarks on the anatomy of the brain and origin of the blind species
Packard, A.S. (1894)On the origin of the subterranean fauna of North America
Cox, U.O. (1905)A revision of the cave fishes of North America
Eigenmann, C.H. (1909)Cave vertebrates of America, a study in degenerative evolution
Verrier, M. L. (1929)Observations sur le comportement d'un poisson cavernicole: Typhlichthys osbornii Eigenmann
Bailey, V. (1933)Fishes of the caves and cave region
Bailey, V (1933)Cave life of Kentucky: Mainly in the Mammoth Cave region
Woods, L.P. and Inger, R.F. (1957)The cave, spring and swamp fishes of the family Amblyopsidae of central and eastern United States
Poulson, T.L. (1961)Cave adaptation in Amblyopsid fishes
Clay, W.M. (1962)A field manual of Kentucky fishes
Rosen, D.E. (1962)Comments on the relationships of the North American cave fishes of the family Amblyopsidae
Poulson, T.L. (1963)Cave adaptation in Amblyopsid fishes
Cooper, J.E. (1966)Preliminary observations on the biology of Shelta Cave, Alabama
Branson, B.A. (1967)[Not known]
Barr, T.C. (1967)Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave System of Kentucky. I.The biota
Poulson, T.L. (1968)Aquatic cave communities
Poulson, T.L. (1969)Population size, density and regulation in cave fishes
Cooper, J. E. (1969)Biological studies in Shelta Cave, Alabama
Cooper, J. E. (1971)Interesting new locality records for the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard (Pisces, Amblyopsidae)
Barr, T.C. and Kuehne, R.A. (1971)Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave System of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem
Cooper, J. E. and Iles, A. (1971)The Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus, at the southeastern periphery of its range
Cooper, J. E. and Cooper, M. R. (1971)Studies on the aquatic ecology of Shelta Cave, Huntsville, Alabama
Cooper, J. E. and Beiter, D. P. (1972)The Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus (Pisces, Amblyopsidae), in the eastern Mississippian Plateau of kentuck
Cooper, J.E. (1974)New distributional and ecological data for Typhlichthys subterraneus (Pisces, Amblyopsidae) and subterranean Gyrinophilus (Amphibia, Plethodontidae)
Clay, W.M. (1975)The fishes of Kentucky
Cooper, J.E. (1975)Ecological and behavioural studies in Shelta Cave, Alabama, with emphasis on decapod crustaceans
Kalayil, P.K. and Clay, W.M. (1976)Immumological characteristics and relationships of tissue antigens in Amblyopsid fishes
Swofford, D.L. (1976)Genetic variability, population differentiation and biochemical relationships in the family Amblyopsidae
Bechler, D.L. (1976)Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard (Pisces, Amblyopsidae) in the Jackson Plain of Tennessee
McNulty, J. A. (1978)Fine ultrastucture of the pineal organ of the troglodytic fish Typhlichyes subterraneous
Duchon, K. and Lisowski, E.A. (1980)Draft environmental assessment of Lock and Dam Six, Green River Navigation Project, on Mammoth Cave National Park
Swofford, D.L., Branson, B.A. and Sievert, G.A. (1980)Genetic differentiation of cavefish populations (Amblyopsidae)
Smith, V. J. (1980)Some aspects of the life history of the southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard) in Missouri
Bechler, D.L. (1980)The evolution of agonistic behaviour in amblyopsid fishes
Cooper, J.E. (1980)Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard Southern cavefish
Lisowski, E.A. and Poulson, T.L. (1981)Impacts of Lock and Dam Six on base level ecosystems in Mammoth Cave
Paige, K. N., Tumlinson, C. R. and McDaniel, V. R. (1981)A second record of Typhlichthys subterraneus (Pisces, Amblyopsidae) from Arkansas, USA
Bechler, D.L. (1981)Behavioral studies on the Amblyopsidae; the cave, spring and swamp fish
Bechler, D.L. (1981)Agonistic behaviour in the Amblyopsidae; the cave, spring and swamp fishes
Vandike, J.E. (1981)The effects of the November 1981 liquid fertiliser pipeline break on groundwater in Phelps County, Missouri
Branson, B.A. (1981)Endangered, threatened and rare animals and plants of Kentucky
Swofford, D.L. (1982)Genetic variability, population differentiation and biochemical relationships in the family Amblyopsidae
Lewis, J.J., Lewis, T.M. and Eckstein, J. (1982)A biological reconnaissance of a poluted cave stream: the Hidden River grounwater basin
Lisowski, E. A. (1983)Distribution, habitat and behaviour of the Kentucky cave shrimp Palaemonias ganteri Hay
Bechler, D.L. (1983)The evolution of agonistic behaviour in Amblyopsid fishes
Mayden, R. L. and Cross, F. B. (1983)Reevaluation of the Oklahoma records of the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus (Amblyopsidae)
Vandike, J.E. (1984)Hydrogeologic aspects of the November 1981 liquid fertiliser pipeline break on groundwater in the Meramec Spring recharge area, Phelps County, Missouri
Crunkilton, R. (1985)Subterranean contamination of Meramec Spring by ammonium nitrate and urea fertiliser and its implications for rare cave biota
Jones, S.R. and Taber, C.A. (1985)A range revision for western populations of the southern cavefish Typhlichthys subterraneus (Amblyopsidae)
Poulson, T.L. (1985)Evolutionary reduction by neutral mutations: Plausibility arguments and data from Amblyopsid fishes and Linyphiid spiders
Burr, B.M. and Warren, M.L. (1986)A distributional atlas of Kentucky fishes
Lewis, J.J. (1988)The systematics, zoogeography and life history of the troglobitic Isopods of the Interior Plateaus of the eastern United States
Palunas, M.J. (1989)Life histories of the Amblyopsidae with an emphasis on reproductive cycles
Hobbs, H.H. III and Bagley, F.M. (1989)Shelta Cave management plan
Branson, B.A. (1991)The Mammoth Cave blindfish
Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. and McGregor, S.W. (1992)Geologic, hydrologic and biologic investigations in Arrowwood, Bobcat, Matthews and Shelta caves and selected caves, Madison County, Alabama
Poulson, T.L. (1992)Case studies of groundwater biomonitoring in the Mammoth Cave region
Moser, P.H. and Rheams, K.F. (1992)Hydrogeologic investigations of Shelta and Bobcat Caves and adjoining areas, Madison County, Alabama
Poulson, T.L. (1992)The Mammoth Cave ecosystem
Wilson, M. and Robison, A. (1993)Contaminant concentrations in water and sediments from Shelta Cave
Schubert, A.L.S., Nielsen, C.D. and Noltie, D.B. (1993)Habitat use and gas bubble disease in southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus)
McGregor, S.W., Rheams, K.F., O’Neil, P.E., Moser, P.H. and Blackwood, R. (1994)Biological, geological and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama
Pearson, W.D. and Boston, C.H. (1995)Distribution and status of the Northern Cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea: Final report to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife Program
Schubert, A. L. S. and Noltie, D. B. (1995)Laboratory studies of substrate and microhabitat selection in southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard)
Bergstrom, D.E., Noltie, D.B. and Holtsford, T.P. (1995)Ozark cavefish genetics: The phylogeny of Missouri's Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae) and southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus)
Lewis, J.J. (1995)The devastation and recovery of caves and karst affected by industrialisation
Schubert, A. L. S. and Noltie, D. B. (1996)Effects if feeding regime on prey consumption and weight change rate in captive southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard (Pisces: Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae)
McGregor, S.W., Rheams, K.F., O’Neil, P.E., Moser, P.H. and Blackwood, R. (1997)Biological, geological and hydrological investigations in Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and other selected caves in north Alabama
Campbell, C.W., Sullivan, S.M. and Livingston, L.R. (1997)Modeling of a cave ecosystem
Jones, T.G. and Pearson, W.D. (1997)The recovery of the aquatic biological community in Hidden River Cave, Horse Cave, Kentucky
Bergstrom, D.E., Noltie, D.B. and Holtsford, T.P. (1997)Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the family Amblyopsidae
Green, S.M. and Romero, A. (1997)Responses to light in two blind cave fishes (Amblyopsis spelaea and Typhlichthys subterraneus) (Pisces: Amblyopsidae)
Elliott, W.R. (1998)Conservation of the North American cave and karst biota
Pearson, W.D. and Jones, T.G. (1998)Final Report based on a faunal inventory of subterranean streams and development of a cave aquatic biological monitoring program using a modified index of biotic integrity
Romero, A. (1998)Threatened fishes of the world: Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard, 1860 (Amblyopsidae)
Romero, A. (1998)Threatened fishes of the world: Amblyopsis rosae (Eigenmann, 1898) (Amblyopsidae)
Romero, A. (1998)Threatened fishes of the world: Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni Cooper and Kuehne, 1974
(Amblyopsidae)
Romero, A. and Bennis, L. (1998)Threatened fishes of the world: Amblyopsis spelaea De Kay, 1842 (Amblyopsidae)
Bergstrom, D.E., Noltie, D.B. and Holtsford, T.P. (1998)The phylogeny, historical biogeography, and evolution of troglobitism in Amblyopsis rosae (Ozark cavefish) and Typhlichthys subterraneus (southern cavefish)
Culver, D.C. (1999)A history of management of biological resources of Shelta Cave, Alabama, USA
Noltie, D. B. and Wicks, C.M. (2001)How hydrogeology has shaped the ecology of Missouri's Ozark cavefish, Amblyopsis rosae, and southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus: Insights on the sightless from understanding the underground
Poulson, T. (2001)Morphological and physiological correlates of evolutionary reduction of metabolic rate among amblyopsid cave fishes
Aley, T., Ashley, D.C., Elliott, W.R., McGlimsey, M., Weaver, D. and Beard, J. (2002)Conserving Missouri's caves and karst
Lewis, J.J. (2002)Conservation assessment for Southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus)
Elliott, W.R. (2003)A guide to Missouri's cave life
Poly, WJ and Wetzel, JE (2003)Transbrachioral spawning: novel reproductive strategy observed for the pirate perch Aphredodereus sayanus (Aphredoderidae)
Aumiller, S.R. and Noltie, D.B. (2003)Chemoreceptive responses of the southern cavefish Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard, 1860 (Pisces, Amblyopsidae) to conspecifics and prey
Compson, Z.G. (2004)An isotopic examination of cave, spring and epigean trophic structures in Mammoth Cave National Park
Poly, W.J. and Proudlove, G.S. (2004)Family Amblyopsdae Bonaparte 1846
Romero, A. and Woodward, J.S. (2005)On white fish and black men: Did Stephen Bishop really discover the blind cave fish of Mammoth Cave
Ruhl, M (2005)Flow reversal events increase the abundance of nontroglomorphic fish in the subterranean rivers of Mammoth Cave National Park
Elliott, W.R. (2007)Zoogeography and biodiversity of Missouri cave and karst
Romero, A. and Conner, M. (2007)Status report for the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus in Arkansas
Aley, T., Aley, C., Moss, P. and Hertzler, T. (2008)Hydrogeological characteristics of delineated recharge areas for 40 biologically significant cave and spring systems in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Illinois
Niemiller, ML and Fitzpatrick, BM (2008)Phylogenetics of the Southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus: Implications for conservation and management
Romero, A., Connor, M.S. and Vaughan, G.L. (2010)Population Status of the Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus in Arkansas
Cooper, J.E. and Cooper, M.R. (2011)Observations on the biology of the endangered stygobitic shrimp Palaemonias alabamae, with notes on P. ganteri (Decapoda: Atyidae)
Niemiller, M.L. (2011)Evolution, speciation, and conservation of amblyopsid cavefishes
Niemiller, M. L., Near, T. J. and Fitzpatrick, B. M. (2011)Delimiting species using multilocus data: Diagnosing cryptic diversity in the Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys Subterraneus (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae)
Niemiller, M.L., McCandless, J.R., Reynolds, R.G., Caddle, J., Near, T.J., Tillquist, C.R., Pearson, W.D. and Fitzpatrick, B.M. (2012)Effects of climatic and geological processes during the Pleistocene on the evolutionary history of the Northern Cavefish, Amblyopsis Spelaea (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae)
Niemiller, M.L. and Fitzpatrick, B.M. (2012)Status and life history of the amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky
Miller, C. (2013)Ecosystem disturbance and recovery in Shelta Cave
Niemiller, M.L. and Zigler, K.S. (2013)Patterns of cave biodiversity and endemism in the Appalachians and interior plateau of Tennessee
Niemiller, M.L., Higgs, D.M. and Soares, D. (2013)Evidence for hearing loss in amblyopsid cavefishes
Niemiller, M.L., Graening, G.O., Fenolio, D.B., Godwin, J.C., Cooley, J.R., Pearson, W.D., Fitzpatrick, B.M. and Near, T.J. (2013)Doomed before they are described? The need for conservation assessments of cryptic species complexes using an amblyopsid cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys) as a case study
Niemiller, M.L., Fitzpatrick, B.M., Shah, P., Schmitz, L. and Near, T.J. (2013)Evidence for repeated loss of selective constraint in rhodopsin of amblyopsid cavefishes (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae)
Niemiller, M.L. and Fitzpatrick, B.M. (2013)Status, life history, and phylogenetics of amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky
Soares, D. Niemiller, M.L. and Higgs, D. (2014)Review article. Hearing and acoustic communication in cavefishes
Venarsky, M.P., Huntsman, B.M., Huryn, A.D., Benstead, J.P. and Kuhajda, B.R. (2014)Quantitative food web analysis supports the energy‑limitation hypothesis in cave stream ecosystems
Lewis, J.J., Lewis, S. and Nims, P. (2015)Observations on the ecosystem of Hidden River Cave bioinventory: Community cencus and water quality analysis
Niemiller, M.L., Zigler, K.S., Stephen, C.D.R., Carter, E.T., Paterson, A.T., Taylor, S.J. and Engel, A.S. (2016)Vertebrate fauna in caves of eastern tennessee within the Appalachians karst region, USA
Armbruster, J., Niemiller, M.L. and Hart, P.B. (2016)Morphological evolution of the cave-, spring-, and swampfishes of the Amblyopsidae
Niemiller, M.L., Zigler, K.S., Hart, P.B., Kuhajda, B.R., Armbruster, J., Ayala, B.N. and Engel, A.S. (2016)First definitive record of a stygobiotic fish (Percopsiformes, Amblyopsidae, Typhlichthys) from the Appalachians karst region in the eastern United States
Soares, D., Niemiller, M.L. and Higgs, D.M. (2016)Hearing in Cavefishes
Hart, PB (2016)Diversity and conservation of the Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus
Poulson, T.L. (2017)Terrestrial cave ecology of the Mammoth Cave region
Helf, K. and Olson, R.A. (2017)Subsurface aquatic ecology of Mammoth Cave
Culver, D.C. and Hobbs, H.H. (2017)Biodiversity of Mammoth Cave
Hobbs, H.H., Olson, R., Winkler, E.G. and Culver, D.C. (2017)Mammoth Cave: A Human and Natural History
Burress, P.B.H., Burress, E.D. and Armbruster, J. (2017)Body shape variation within the Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus (Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae)
Malmstrøm, M., Matschiner, M., Tørresen, O.K., Jakobsen K.S. and Jentoft, S. (2017)Whole genome sequencing data and de novo draft assemblies for 66 teleost species
Toomey, R.., Hobbs, H.H. and Olson, R.A. (2017)An orientation to Mammoth Cave and this volume
White, W.B. and White, E.L. (2017)Hydrology and hydrogeology of Mammoth Cave
O’Dell, G.A. and George, A.I. (2018)The celebrated black explorer Stephen Bishop and Mammoth Cave: Observations by an English journalist in 1853
Ponta, G.M.L., McGregor, S.W. and Jones, S.W. (2018)Hydrogeological assessment of Key Cave, Lauderdale County, Alabama
Mouser, J. (2019)Examining occurrence, life history, and ecology of cavefishes and cave crayfishes using both traditional and novel approaches
Trimboli, S.R. and Toomey, R.S. (2019)Temperature and reverse-flow patterns of the River Styx, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Niemiller, M.L., Taylor, S.J., Slay, M.E. and Hobbs, H.H. III (2019)Biodiversity in the United States and Canada
Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N. Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. and Cressler, A. (2020)Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA
Groves, C., White, W. ,White, B., Palmer, A. and Palmer, P. (2020)Karst hydrogeology of Mammoth Cave National Park: Why is the world’s longest known cave here?
Helf, K., Olson, R. and Toomey, R. (2020)Mammoth Cave Ecology
White, W.B. (2020)A blueprint for the assessment of inorganic carbon flow paths in the Great Onyx groundwater basin, Mammoth Cave National Park
Ponta, G.M.L., McGregor, S.W. and Blackwood, R. (2020)Time series hydrologic monitoring within karst aquifers of Key Cave and Cathedral Caverns, Alabama
Ponta, G. (2020)Monitoring karst aquifers in north Alabama for the protection of sensitive aquatic biota
Williams, J., Groves, C. and Bledsoe, L.A. (2020)In-cave tracing to measure discharge in the Great Onyx flow system, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
Adams, G.L., Burr, B.M. and Warren, M.L. (2020)Amblyopsidae: Cavefishes
Hart, P.B., Niemiller, M.L., Burress, E.D., Armbruster, J.W., Ludt, W.B. and Chakrabarty, P. (2020)Cave-adapted evolution in the North American Amblyopsid fishes Inferred using phylogenomics and geometric morphometrics
Holler Jr., C., Mays, J.D., and Niemiller, M.L (2020)The fauna of caves and other subterranean habitats of North Carolina, USA
Soares, D., and Niemiller, M.L. (2020)Variation in cephalic neuromasts surface and cave-dwelling fishes of the family Amblyopsidae
(Teleostei: Percopsiformes)
Bledsoe, L.A., Groves, C. and Toomey, R. (2021)The Mammoth Cave National Park world heritage site
Mouser, J.B., Brewer, S.K., Niemiller, M.L., Mollenhauer, R. and Van Den Bussche, R.A. (2021)Refining sampling protocols for cavefishes and cave crayfishes to account for environmental variation
Niemiller, M.L., Helf, K. and Toomey, R.S. (2021)Mammoth Cave: A hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in the United States
Flack, A. (2022)Dark degenerations: Life, light, and transformation beneath the Earth, 1840–circa 1900
Mouser, J.B., Brewer, S.K., Niemiller, M.L., Mollenhauer, R. and Van Den Bussche, R.A. (2022)Lithology and disturbance drive cavefish and cave crayfish occurrence in the Ozark Highlands ecoregion
Mouser, J. (2022)Lithology and disturbance drive cavefish and cave crayfish occurrence in the Ozark Highlands ecoregion
Dooley, K.E., Niemiller, K.D.K., Sturm, N. and Niemiller, M.L. (2022)Rediscovery and phylogenetic analysis of the Shelta Cave Crayfish (Orconectes sheltae Cooper and Cooper, 1997), a decapod (Decapoda, Cambaridae) endemic to Shelta Cave in northern Alabama, USA
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Cecil, M. (2023)Hydrological dynamics of surface-groundwater interactions between major springs of Mammoth Cave and the Green River, Kentucky, USA
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