Geostatistical spatiotemporal analysis of air temperature as an aid to delineating thermal stability zones in a potential show cave: Implications for environmental management

Flash flood events recorded by air temperature changes in caves: A case study in Covadura Cave (SE Spain)

“…A similar spatial gradient of temperature has been observed in other sectors of this subterranean system, with even higher annual variations of up to 14°C along an approximately 200 m stretch of cave gallery (Fernández-Cortés et al, 2006). This spatial pattern matches the temperature gradient within the heterothermic zone during summer, as proposed by Leutscher and Jeannin (2004).…”

“…The galleries of Covadura Cave in the gypsum karst of Sorbas have been observed to be highly influenced by meteorological conditions outside (Fernández-Cortés et al, 2006;Gázquez et al, 2015). However, no empirical evidence of the consequences of extreme heavy rain episodes was recorded until now.…”

“…Covadura Cave receives sporadic tourist visits over the year, mainly from speleologists and cave researchers, so that it cannot be strictly rated as a show cave. Due to elevated air flow and rapid ventilation in some shallow sector of Covadura Cave, such occasional visits have been observed to barely perturb its microclimate (Fernández-Cortés et al, 2006).…”

The Role of Small Caves as Bat Hibernacula in Iowa

“…Briggler and Prather (2003) also observed that longer caves supported greater numbers, as indicated in this study by both the Student's t-test and the Spearman rank correlation. This relationship with cave length is most certainly the result of the pipistrelles' preference for hibernating in thermally stable environments (Rabinowitz, 1981;Fujita and Kunz, 1984;Briggler and Prather, 2003;Brack, 2007;Vincent and Whitaker, 2007), since the longer the cave, the greater the thermal stability (Tuttle and Stevenson, 1978;Ferná ndez-Cortéz et al, 2006). Future studies in small caves should incorporate climate monitoring.…”

Speleoclimate dynamics in Santana Cave (PETAR, São Paulo State, Brazil): general characterization and implications for tourist management

“…Similar studies, including those by Hoyos et al (1998), Sánchez-Moral et al (1999), Calaforra et al (2003), andFernández-Cortés et al (2006a, b), were based on less complex networks in which the number of monitoring stations varied between 2 and 6. To complement the relatively low spatial density of the data Speleoclimate dynamics in Santana Cave, Brazil collection, an atmospheric profile was developed to allow for a more complete geospatialization of the data through interpolation by following the examples of Fernández-Cortés et al (2006b) and Milanolo & Gabrovšek (2009). For the atmospheric profiling of Santana Cave, 75 sampling points were used (Fig.…”