Bryophytes in public caves in the Czech Republic

KUBEŠOVÁ, Svatava. Bryophytes in public caves in the Czech Republic. In Environmental changes and biological assessment III. Book of Abstracts. Ostrava: Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 2006, p. 23.

Basic information

• Original name: Bryophytes in public caves in the Czech Republic
• Name in Czech: Mechorosty v přístupných jeskyních České republiky
• Authors: KUBEŠOVÁ, Svatava (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
• Edition: Ostrava, Environmental changes and biological assessment III. Book of Abstracts, p. 23-23, 2006.
• Publisher: Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/06:00016489
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: mosses; show caves; lamp flora
• Tags: lamp flora, mosses, show caves

Abstract

Bryophytes growing close to lamps in regular use were studied in show caves. Vaněčková (1958) and Šeda (1962) investigated the lamp flora in five caves open to the public in the 1960s–70s. In 2004, recent data were collected in the same caves: Balcarka Cave, Kateřinská Cave, Javoříčko Caves, Punkva Caves, and Sloup-Šošůvka Caves. All of them are situated in Moravia (Czech Republic). They are formed in Devonian limestone and the cave environment has an constant temperature and high air humidity. The management of show caves (illumination, chemical removal of plants) has changed since the 1960s–70s. This paper compares the bryophyte lamp flora in the 60s–70s and the present one. In total, 65 bryophytes were recorded in the 1960s–70s and 2004, 51 mosses in the 60s–70s and only 35 mosses in 2004. The species richness was the highest in the Punkva caves, where the visitors' tour is long and the number of visitors is the highest. Overall, 36 % of the bryophyte flora has remained the same as in the past, 64 % is different. The mosses Amblystegium serpens, Brachythecium velutinum, Fissidens taxifolius and Leptobryum pyriforme were frequently observed both in the past and in the present. The most frequent life strategies were colonists and perennials and the most frequent growth forms are short turf and rough mat.

Abstract (in Czech)

V 60.–70. letech 20. století bylo v jeskyních nalezeno 51 druhů mechů. V roce 2004 jsem našla 35 druhů. 36 % bryoflóry se shoduje (současný stav x minulost) a 64 % bryoflóry je rozdílných (současný stav x minulost). Mezi často zaznamenávané druhy (v současnosti i minulosti) patří Amblystegium serpens, Brachythecium velutinum, Fissidens taxifolius a Leptobryum pyriforme.

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