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Evaluation For The Development Of A Jacob’S Well Groundwater Management Zone In Hays County, Texas, Marcus O. Gary, Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith Jan 2019

Evaluation For The Development Of A Jacob’S Well Groundwater Management Zone In Hays County, Texas, Marcus O. Gary, Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith

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Jacob’s Well is a karst spring originating from the Lower Cretaceous, Middle Trinity Aquifer and is located in the Cypress Creek watershed near Wimberley, Texas. The Middle Trinity Aquifer is the primary groundwater resource for water supply in the region. Jacob’s Well flow responds to climatic variations of both short- and long-term cycles. Groundwater pumping from the Middle Trinity Aquifer also directly influences flow at Jacob’s Well. The combination of periodic drought cycles and increased groundwater pumping has significantly diminished springflow in recent years. The Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (District) is charged with managing the groundwater resources within its …


Gota A Gota, No. 17, 2019, Toni Pérez Fernández Jan 2019

Gota A Gota, No. 17, 2019, Toni Pérez Fernández

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Portada de GOTA A GOTA nº 14 (2017) -- Editorial y datos de la publicación -- Breve crónica XVII Congreso Internacional de Espeleología de la UIS en Penrith "Cuevas en la Tierra Antigua" (Australia) -- Contribución al conocimiento de la biología subterránea de Andalucía (sur de España) V: nuevas aportaciones de Lucas von Heyden y Charles Piochard de la Brûlerie -- Neotectónica y patrones de cavernamiento en Punta Guanos, Matanzas, Cuba (III). El desarrollo del karst -- Serra de Na Burguesa. Zona de Puig de Vilarrassa y alrededores (Calvià, Mallorca) (2ªparte) -- La Cueva de la Raíz, mayor cavidad de …


Karst Springs Of Albania And Their Management, Romeo Eftimi, Viacheslav Andreychouk, Tadeusz Szczypek Jan 2019

Karst Springs Of Albania And Their Management, Romeo Eftimi, Viacheslav Andreychouk, Tadeusz Szczypek

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Albania is situated in the western part of Balkan Peninsula, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic and the Ionian Sea. The karst landscape in Albania co- vers nearly 24% of the countries territory. The to- tal renewable karst water resources represent 80% of the groundwater resources of Albania. Nearly 70–80% of the population of the cities, including the capital Tirana, and other important are cities like Korça, Pogradec, Berat, Vlora and Gjirokastra are supplied by karst water; important resources are used for the production of the electricity, also. The massive use of karst waters in Albania is related to …


Fifty Years Of Cave Arthropod Sampling: Techniques And Best Practices, J. Judson Wynne, Francis G. Howarth, Stefan Sommer Jan 2019

Fifty Years Of Cave Arthropod Sampling: Techniques And Best Practices, J. Judson Wynne, Francis G. Howarth, Stefan Sommer

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Ever-increasing human pressures on cave biodiversity have amplified the need for systematic, repeatable, and intensive surveys of cave-dwelling arthropods to formulate evidence-based management decisions. We examined 110 papers (from 1967 to 2018) to: (i) understand how cave-dwelling invertebrates have been sampled; (ii) provide a summary of techniques most commonly applied and appropriateness of these techniques, and; (iii) make recommendations for sampling design improvement. Of the studies reviewed, over half (56) were biological inventories, 43 ecologically focused, seven were techniques papers, and four were conservation studies. Nearly one-half (48) of the papers applied systematic techniques. Few papers (24) provided enough information …


March 2018 Potentiometric Map Of The Middle Trinity Aquifer, Central Texas, Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith, Robin Gary Jan 2019

March 2018 Potentiometric Map Of The Middle Trinity Aquifer, Central Texas, Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith, Robin Gary

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Are Microclimate Conditions In El Malpais National Monument Caves In New Mexico, Usa Suitable For Pseudogymnoascus Growth?, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Porras-Alfaro, Nicole A. Caimi Jan 2019

Are Microclimate Conditions In El Malpais National Monument Caves In New Mexico, Usa Suitable For Pseudogymnoascus Growth?, Terry J. Torres-Cruz, Porras-Alfaro, Nicole A. Caimi

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White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a bat disease caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which thrives in cold and very humid environments where bats frequently hibernate. Conidia of Pseudogymnoascus species are often documented on bats prior to the onset of WNS, but characterization of high-risk areas defined by microclimate cave conditions have been lacking. Investigating the occurrence of this fungal genus and appropriate environmental conditions to support P. destructans in southwestern U.S. caves is key to understanding the sites most likely to be impacted by WNS. Microclimate conditions in ten caves at El Malpais (ELMA) National Monument in New Mexico, …


Winter Habitats Of Bats In Texas, Melissa B. Meierhofer, Joseph S. Johnson, Samantha J. Leivers Jan 2019

Winter Habitats Of Bats In Texas, Melissa B. Meierhofer, Joseph S. Johnson, Samantha J. Leivers

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Few studies have described winter microclimate selection by bats in the southern United States. This is of particular importance as the cold-adapted fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which causes the fatal bat disease white-nose syndrome (WNS), continues to spread into southern United States. To better understand the suitability of winter bat habitats for the growth of P. destructans in this region, we collected roost temperature and vapor pressure deficit from 97 hibernacula in six ecoregions in Texas during winter 2016–17 and 2017–18. We also measured skin temperature of Rafinesque’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii), Townsend’s big-eared bats (C. townsendii), big-brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus), …