biospeleologist
Someone who specializes in the study of organisms that live in caves.
biospeleology
1. The study of organisms whose natural habitat is wholly or partly subterranean.
2. The study of the fauna of caves.
3. The study of organisms that live in caves.
spelean, spelaean
1. A reference to creatures that live in caves.
2. Organisms that inhabit a cave or caves.
spelencephalia
The presence of one or more cavities within one cerebral hemisphere, usuallly communicating with the lateral ventircle; also known as porencephaly.
speleobiologist
A person who specializes in the study of organisms that live in caves.
speleobiology
1. The study of organisms whose natural habitat is wholly or partly subterranean.
2. The study of the fauna of caves.
3. The study of organisms that live in caves.
speleoclimatology, speleometeorology
Speleoclimate is largely, or entirely, dependent on local conditions inside caves.
These, in turn, have an influence on openings and cavities that are interconnected. Typically, conditions in such cave systems are continuously under conditions relative to air humidity which prevails over long periods of time, temperature variations which are very low, and air movements that are minimal or absent.
In combination with the total darkness inside the cave, these factors have led to the generation of very special and fragile ecosystems.
It is a common assumption in cave climatology that air movements in caves are the results of the endogenic factors (pressure differences inside the cave that are caused by differences of air density, which in turn are the result of temperature differences, humidity, and carbon dioxide content) and exogenic factors (differences between air pressure inside the cave and the outer atmosphere).
speleogenesis
The processes by which caves form.
speleograph
A description of caves and cave life.
speleography
1. A description of caves including their physical, geological, and biological aspects.
2. A discourse of detailed topographic and thematic cave-mapping.
speleohydrology
The study of how water is involved in the formation of caves.
speleologist, spelaeologist
Someone who specializes in the scientific study of caves and other karst (landscape of distinctive dissolution patterns often marked by underground drainages) features, their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology).
speleology, speleological; spelaeology, spelaeological
1. The scientific study and exploration of the geological and ecological features of caves.
2. The recreational activity of exploring caves.
speleomorphology
The processes by which caves change their formations.
speleostomy
A surgical procedure in which a body cavity is opened, usually to provide drainage, as in the case of a lung abscess; also known as, cavernostomy.
