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An Ecological Study Of The Troglobitic Cirolanid Isopod Antrolana Lira Bowman From Madisons Saltpetre Cave And Stegers Fissure, Augusta Co., Virginia, T. Lynn Collins
An Ecological Study Of The Troglobitic Cirolanid Isopod Antrolana Lira Bowman From Madisons Saltpetre Cave And Stegers Fissure, Augusta Co., Virginia, T. Lynn Collins
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An ecological study of the troglobitic cirolanid isopod, Antrolana lira Bowman, was begun in August 1979 and continued through September 1980. The isopod is restricted to two phreatic lakes in Madisons Saltpetre Cave and one phreatic lake in nearby Stegers Fissure, Augusta Co., Virginia.
All three phreatic lakes were scuba dived and surveyed. No direct connections were found between the lakes. However, physical similarities suggest that the lakes are made up of the same body of phreatic water.
Random samples were taken monthly and seasonally from the east lake in Madisons Saltpetre Cave and the lake in Stegers Fissure. Specimens …