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colonies were collected from all visited caves. There were marked
differences in CFU numbers among individual caves, the highest CFU
numbers having been estimated in the Fanaţe Cave, probably due to the
extensive bat colonization. In the Urşilor Cave, differences in CFU
numbers were found between of airborne microfungi isolated during the
day (tourist time) and those isolated during the night.
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NSW Government (Environment, Climate Change &
Water) & NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service,
2010. NSW Native Animal Keepers' Species List 2010
(also available at: www.environment.nsw.gov.au).
OARGA (A.), SCHILLER (E.), PERŞOIU (A.), ŠEBELA
(S.) & MULEC (J.), 2010. Contribution to the ecology of
Copepoda in sulphidic karst springs (Žveplenica - Dolenja
Trebuša, Slovenia):138-139, poster presentation. In: 20 th
International Conference on Subterranean Biology,
Postojna, Slovenia, 29 August-3 September 2010, ICSB
2010 Abstract Book, edited by: Ajda MOŠKRIČ and Peter
TRONTELJ, ISBN 978-961-269-286-5. ABS: For many
groups of animals sulphidic habitats represent an inhospitable
environment. Žveplenica (46°5′38.21″N 13°50′20.04″E) sulphidic spring
(Dolenja Trebuša, Slovenia) was investigated for faunal diversity and for
environmental conditions. The sulphidic spring is situated only some 10
meters south of Dinaric oriented (NW-SE) Kobarid fault and 2.3 km
south of regionally important Idrija fault in coarse-grained massive Upper
Triassic dolomite with tectonic situation typical for External Dinarides.
The spring discharge was rather constant in the 2- year monitoring period
~1.8 l/min. Water temperature was 10.5 ± 0.2°C, with pH of 7.56 ± 0.12,
and specific conductance of 419 ± 9 µS/cm. Measurements at the spring
orifice showed low concentrations of dissolved oxygen (0.13 mg/l).
Dissolved sulphide concentration was 7.8 mg/l, sulphate 9.9 mg/l, and
nitrate and ammonium was 0.0 mg/l. At the spring orifice filaments of
microbial mat were attached in variable quantity. Dry weight of filtered
water at the orifice was 2.7 mg/l. Water samples for stable isotope
analysis were collected on a monthly basis. The constant δ 18 O and δ 2 H
values in Žveplenica spring indicate long residence times of water in the
underground. Invertebrate diversity was screened in different seasons.
Seven different taxonomic groups were identified in the spring:
Gastropoda, Oligochaeta, Aranea, Acarina, Cladocera, Copepoda and
insects larvae. The most abundant group were copepods. In the sulphidic
water Bryocamptus echinatus luenensis, Bryocamptus zschokkei, and
Paracyclops fimbriatus were identified. Among the indentified copepods
ovigerous females and different copepodit stages were present. These
species are known to have wide ecological distribution, but little data
exists on their presence in sulphidic habitats. Long residence time of
water in the underground (>5 months) and stability of physicochemical
parameters in Žveplenica spring suggest that these copepods which were
found in every season were able to tolerate low oxygen and high sulphide
concentrations. The results give us an interesting insight into copepod
diversity and their ecology with respect to sulphidic karst habitats.
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OBRIST (M. K.), BONTADINA (F.), BOHNENSTENGEL
(T.), MOESCHLER (P.) & KRÄTTLI (H.), 2010. From
revision of red list to bat biodiversity monitoring:
Procedures, first results, and projections:239. In: 15 th
International Bat Research Conference, Prague, 22-27
August 2010, the conference manual: Programme,
abstracts, list of participants, edited by: Ivan HORÁČEK
and Petr BENDA, ISBN 978-80-87154-46-5, 380 p. ABS:
Red Lists are generally accepted instruments for the appreciation of the
protection needs of organismic groups. In Switzerland, all 30 species of
bats were red-listed as late as 1994, strongly suggesting for a revision. To
comply with the requirements of the IUCN for reproducible and
quantifiable measures for red list status assessments, we first clarified
combined occupancy and detectability rates of endemic species using
data of a pilot study and previous habitat monitoring studies. Results were
used to model different sampling schemes regarding to their ability to
sense changes in occupancy rates. The models led us to devise a five
stage procedure for censing Swiss bats: (1) assess habitat use with
bioacoustic methods using a newly developed automatic recording unit
(www.batlogger.ch), (2) assess habitat use with mist-netting captures, (3)
assess roost occupancy by monitoring selected species in man-made
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roosts (attics), (4) monitor swarming and hibernating bats at and in winter
roosts (caves), (5) evaluate occupancy estimations resulting from the
above assessments with habitat suitability models. Model evaluations
resulted in an optimal sampling strategy using 100 squares of 1 km 2 . At
each site 10 locations were sampled for 15 minutes each. Sampling of a
site is repeated four times, spread over two seasons, by two different
observers. Two independent acoustic methods are applied: expert's
appreciation of bats heard real-time, and simultaneous automated
recording and later machine-analysis of echolocation calls. Additionally,
at each square kilometre, one mist-netting night takes place to
complement species' diversity. While the above surveys reveal data on
distribution and ultimately occupancy of some species, abundance for
species, which are challenging to detect acoustically, may be concealed.
For these, we consult data from roost monitoring programs (e. g. Myotis
spp., Rhinolophidae) for information on population changes. Time-series
of catches at swarming sites (caves) and counts at hibernacula complete
the assessment of the red list status of all Swiss bat species. We detail the
study's design, present first results of some completed samplings and
elaborate on the possible inclusion of the automated acoustic sampling
into the established biodiversity monitoring scheme in Switzerland.
OCHOA (J. A.), BOTERO-TRUJILLO (R.) & PRENDINI
(L.), 2010. On the troglomorphic scorpion Troglotayosicus
humiculum (Scorpiones, Troglotayosicidae), with first
description of the adults. American Museum Novitates
3691:1-19. ABS: The endemic Colombian troglomorphic scorpion,
Troglotayosicus humiculum Botero-Trujillo & Francke, 2009, previously
known only from the juvenile holotype, is redescribed based on newly
collected adults of both sexes. New data on basitarsal spination, telotarsal
setation, and carination of the metasoma and pedipalps, together with the
first description of the hemispermatophore and a revised interpretation of
the trichobothria, are provided, along with brief discussions of the
ecology and distribution of the species.
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OLIVIER (M.-J.), MARMONIER (P.), COINEAU (N.),
CULVER (D. C.), DANIELOPOL (D. L.),
DEHARVENG (L.) & ROSTANG (J.-C.), 2010. Janine
GIBERT. A passion for groundwater ecology (August 29,
1945 - April 14, 2009). Subterranean Biology 7(2009,
December):97-109.
OLSON (C.), 2010. Updates by region. Alberta. 25-years of
survey data at the Cadomin Cave hibernaculum in Alberta.
Western Canadian Bat Network Newsletter 17(Autumn):4.
ONAC (B. P.), RACOVIŢĂ (G.) & BRAD (T.), 2010. Atlasul
peşterilor din Munţii Apuseni. Munţii Bihor. 1. Bazinul
Arieşului Mare. University of South Florida Libraries, 90
p., ONAC (B. P.), RACOVIŢĂ (G.) & BRAD (T.), eds.
ONETO (F.), OTTONELLO (D.), PASTORINO (M. V.) &
SALVIDIO (S.), 2010. Posthatching Parental Care in
Salamanders Revealed by Infrared Video Surveillance.
Journal of Herpetology 44(4, December):649-653. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1670/09-181.1. ABS: Posthatching parental
care is known in amphibians for frogs and caecilians but, thus far, has
never been reported for salamanders. Here, we describe the parental
behavior of a female Northwest Italian Cave Salamander, Speleomantes
strinatii, from egg deposition to nest site abandonment. The female was
kept in seminatural conditions and filmed in complete darkness by an
infrared video camera. In November 2007, the female laid nine eggs in a
small depression of the terrarium floor, displaced the clutch with hind
limbs, and showed antipredator behaviors toward a conspecific female
and an intruding Roof Rat (Rattus rattus). During egg brooding, the
female remained in contact with the clutch for about 98% of the time. In
September 2008, two young hatched and shared the nesting site for six
weeks with the female, which attended the nesting site for 87% of the
time. Hatchlings repeatedly climbed over the female's body, lying on her
for hours. The female walked out of the nesting site with a young on its
back twice. These prolonged skin contacts between parent and offspring
should be considered as the first certain case of young attendance in
salamanders. This behavior may be related to increased survival of
hatchlings during their first weeks of life, when young are particularly
vulnerable to predation, skin infection, and dehydration.