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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am in debt to many friends and colleagues for a variety of reasons. For their guidance, support, and most of all patience, I thank the members of my committee: Drs. Jonathan Benstead, Alexander Huryn, Robert Findlay, Amelia Ward, and Kevin Simon. This project would not have been possible without the support of both the caving community and landowners. Members of the Sewanee and Birmingham grotto’s provided housing, cave site locations, and help with the initial corn-litter addition: Peter Michand, Myrna Attaway, John Attaway, Jason Hardy, C.D. "Hazard" Bryant, Allen Bullen, Deirdra Hahn, Jeff Harrod, Barry Skelton, and Daniel Wood. Shane Stacy, Andy Zellner, Matt Niemiller, Randall Blackwood, and Stuart W. McGregor provided site locations. Thanks to the landowners Horace Clemens, Dawna Roberts, John Wilson, Mike Nivens, Bayne and Jim Evens, Ray Keller, the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, and Skyline Wildlife Management Area. Thanks to Brock Huntsman, Bernard Kuhajda, Jim Godwin, Justin Cook, Tom Heatherly, Michael Kendrick, Lauren Showalter, Mica Junior, Dru Holla, Tim Wynn, Cameron Craig, Samantha Richter, Chase Moon, Jonathan Hopper, Jessica Rogers, James Ramsey, Mick Demi, Dan Nelson, Andy Whelan, Brook Fluker, Nathan Whelen, David Hall, Derrick Wells and Michael Sandel for their assistance in the field and laboratory. Sara Glenn, Chase Moon, Derick Wells, Sam Richter and Ben Wilson helped with sample processing. Jen Edmonds conducted the EEMs and TRFLP analyses. Janna Brown conducted the PLFA analyses. Eve Kendrick helped construct a high-school lesson plan based off of this work. Chau Tran helped with field and ix
laboratory work and was an excellent laboratory technician. Corn litter was purchased from John Reilly. Clint Meyer provided housing for our Iowa corn trip. Several organizations provided funding for this project. The University of Alabama provided graduate teaching assistantships, travel funds, the Aquatic Biology Enhancement Fellowship, the Graduate Council Research Fellowship, and the National Alumni Association’s License Tag Fellowship. Funding was also provided by the Walter Coxe Research Scholarship (Birmingham Audubon Society), North American Benthological Society Conservation Award, Ralph Stone Graduate Fellowship (National Speleological Society), and a National Science Foundation’s Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DEB-1011403). Two Alabama State Wildlife Grants entitled ‘‘Assessment of population dynamics of cave inhabiting crayfish in Alabama’’ awarded to Alex Huryn and Bernard R. Kuhajda (Grant #T-03-02 and T-3-3-2) also provided support. I was fortunate to have made many friends during my time at UA. They have made my experience here the most enjoyable time of my life to date. Their diverse personalities, tastes, and insights have made me a better person and I am truly thankful to them all. Last, but certainly not least, I thank my family. They provided an environment that allowed me to pursue my own dreams. Their support has been unwavering, even when those dreams were not understood. x
Page 1 and 2: THE INFLUENCE OF ENERGY AVAILABILIT
Page 3 and 4: ABSTRACT Detritus from surface envi
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Page 7 and 8: NC IL ON U.K. VIAT VIE Fig. North C
Page 9: AIC K-S Akaike information criterio
Page 13 and 14: LIST OF TABLES TABLE 2.1 TABLE 2.2
Page 15 and 16: LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 2.1 (a) Box
Page 17 and 18: FIGURE 4.3 Growth models for Orcone
Page 19 and 20: chemolithoautotrophy-based systems;
Page 21 and 22: ecology, 51, 31-53. Gibert J. & Cul
Page 23 and 24: CHAPTER 2 EFFECTS OF ORGANIC MATTER
Page 25 and 26: community structure in cave “pits
Page 27 and 28: communities and how variation in co
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Page 33 and 34: peak in organic matter in Big Mouth
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of netting (mesh size 2.5×1.5-cm)
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the two end-members. This conservat
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crop organic matter significantly i
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macroinvertebrate biomass to levels
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and surface streams (20-35,000 g m
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these factors, the stable isotope a
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surface streams. Thus, it is likely
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subsides to ecosystem dynamics have
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populations. Journal of Applied Eco
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Poulson T.L. & Lavoie K.H. (2001) T
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Wood P., Gunn J. & Perkins J. (2002
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Table 2. Mean (±1 standard deviati
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Table 2. Continued Chironomini Para
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Figure 1. Mean (bars are standard e
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Figure 3. Non-metric multidimension
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CHAPTER 4 REXAMINING EXTREME LONGEI
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individuals, he predicted that it w
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A phylogeographic study by Buhay &
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differences in size structure among
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and females in Tony Sinks Cave were
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Estimates of life span for O. austr
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available size-classes were well re
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References Anonymous (1999) Cave Sc
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Huryn A.D. & Wallace J.B. (1987) Pr
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Whitmore N. & Huryn A.D. (1999) Lif
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Table 2. Estimated life span (years
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Figure 1. Annual growth increment (
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Figure 3. Growth models for Orconec
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CHAPTER 5 CONSUMER-RESOURCE DYNAMIC
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following incidental inputs of orga
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Temperature data were not available
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minimum (Venarsky et al., 2012b). A
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100% organic matter (i.e., maximum
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Macroinvertebrate biomass varied si
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Discussion The energy-limitation hy
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crayfish captured in most months we
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systems is likely high, especially
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function of microbial films in grou
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Crustacean Biology, 4, 35-54. Momot
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Whitmore N. & Huryn A. (1999) Life
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Table 2. Assimilation efficiencies
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Table 3. Continued Tanypodinae 0.03
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Table 5. Estimates of mean wood and
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Figure 1. (A) Box and whisker plot
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CHAPTER 6 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS Due t
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characteristics (e.g., higher growt
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characteristics, highly efficient p
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