65.43 - Troglobiont invertebrate hydrothermal caves

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Caves under normally oxygenated, buffered microclimates, warmed and humidified by geothermal waters, and harbouring communities of troglobiont invertebrates.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)