Acta Musei Beskidensis 2018, 10:1-11 | https://doi.org/10.70231/amb.2018.001

The fauna and exploration of the Cyrilka crevice-type cave

Jan Lenart1,*, Jiří Kupka2
1 Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava
2 Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, CZ-708 33 Ostrava-Poruba

The Cyrilka cave is the second longest pseudokarst cave and the longest crevice-type cave in Czechia. This cave developed within the headscarp area of a deep-seated landslide. The cave became a focus of scientific research throughout the last decades, when several speleological maps have been compiled. We compared the maps in order to better understand the gradual exploration as well as the speleogenetic evolution of the cave. In recent years, we performed the preliminary faunistic survey in the cave and found 11 invertebrates and 5 vertebrates. The locality is threatened by many visitors and contamination by littering. We recommend the protection of the cave as a national monument.

Keywords: pseudokarst, speleological map, cave exploration, fauna, bats, Outer Western Carpathians, Czech Republic

Published: March 1, 2018  Show citation

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Lenart, J., & Kupka, J. (2018). The fauna and exploration of the Cyrilka crevice-type cave. Acta Musei Beskidensis, 10(vol. 10), 1-11. doi: 10.70231/amb.2018.001
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