{"id":138535,"date":"2025-04-22T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/?page_id=138535"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:35:39","slug":"cave-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/?page_id=138535&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Cave biology\u00a0and palaecology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"138535\" class=\"elementor elementor-138535\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3f1c0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce3f1c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e97dc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e97dc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the publication of <strong><em>Essai sur les problemes biospeologiques<\/em><\/strong> in 1907, the first important work dedicated to biospeleology in the world, and the initiation of an international research program <em>&#8220;Biospeologica&#8221;<\/em> created to study cave fauna, systematic researches in Romania advanced on both terrestrial and aquatic groups using both traditional taxonomy and new methods.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba8ed5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba8ed5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ded2c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81ded2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Our investigations on cave fauna are focused on:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Systematics and taxonomy of crustaceans (copepods, amphipods)<\/li><li>Biodiversity, dynamics, adaptations and evolutions of subterranean species to subterranean realm<\/li><li>Cave fauna monitoring and conservation<\/li><li>Palaeocology using fossil ostracods from cave sediments to reconstruct the paleoenvironment at the regional scale<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1caa4f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1caa4f6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b600646 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b600646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Developing and testing approaches to monitor subterranean biodiversity in karst (Sub-BioMon)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-273b674 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"273b674\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639eb19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"639eb19\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85f72e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85f72e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sub-biomon-ro.github.io\/sub-biomon-ro-project\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138738 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SubBioMon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"102\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SubBioMon.jpg 266w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SubBioMon-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SubBioMon-255x168.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a>Subterranean karst ecosystems have high species diversity with specialized physiological and morphological adaptations. Due to the environment&#8217;s complexity and heterogeneity, along with species identification challenges (including the lack of taxonomists), estimating biodiversity and monitoring of species remain difficult. Within <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sub-biomon-ro.github.io\/sub-biomon-ro-project\/\">Sub-BioMon<\/a> (2024-2027) an ERANET project (no. 26\/2024) of the Biodiversa+ call we aim to provide a standardized method and protocol for monitoring subterranean biodiversity. We monitor the biodiversity of cave fauna with focus on groundwater crustaceans, spiders, and beetles using standardized methods and novel techniques for species identifications such is eDNA. Lead by the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) the project unify cave biologists from six European countries: Slovenia, Italy, Romania, Luxembourg, Hungary and Belgium.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5cfcf4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e5cfcf4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb9875 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0bb9875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250130-WA0005-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-138221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250130-WA0005-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250130-WA0005-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250130-WA0005-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250130-WA0005-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250130-WA0005-255x170.jpg 255w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250130-WA0005.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03d5e52 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"03d5e52\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47f5ff4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47f5ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chasing ice caves fauna<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c9b812 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c9b812\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7393900 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7393900\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c295fa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c295fa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ice caves present a particularly challenging environment for the existence of life forms, where the temperature is constantly bellow 0\u00b0. They present a mosaic of microhabitats commonly found in caves, i.e., fissures, cracks, microfissures, pools (temporary or permanent), and subterranean rivers and lakes but also have periglacial sectors, with various ice formations (ice walls, ice stalagmites, and floor ice) suitable for the life of particular fauna. Usually they are glacial relicts and poses specific physiology to cope with low temperature. An ongoing endeavor is focused on the characterization of ice caves fauna biodiversity in Romania looking for glacial relicts and to depict their physiological adaptations to survive at low temperatures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf3b656 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf3b656\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d447d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d447d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/veronica-cave-1024x810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-138212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/veronica-cave-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/veronica-cave-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/veronica-cave-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/veronica-cave-255x202.jpg 255w, https:\/\/biogeo.ubbcluj.ro\/pages\/taxonomie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/veronica-cave.jpg 1264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the publication of Essai sur les problemes biospeologiques in 1907, the first important work dedicated to biospeleology in the world, and the initiation of an international research program &#8220;Biospeologica&#8221; created to study cave fauna, systematic researches in Romania advanced on both terrestrial and aquatic groups using both traditional taxonomy and new methods. 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