Post by L Roebuck on Mar 4, 2009 10:22:41 GMT -5
Ohio cave scientists discover crustacean, two types of spiders
Recent discoveries of a trio of previously unknown cave-dwelling species -- a minuscule, shrimplike crustacean near Akron and two kinds of spiders in southern Ohio -- could prove to the beginning of a statewide subterranean bio-blitz.
"It's really exciting, because it just hasn't happened that often in Ohio," said Erin Hazelton, an ecologist with the state's Department of Natural Areas and Preserves, who along with Wittenberg University biology professor Horton H. Hobbs III, led a two-year biosurvey of more than 230 known caverns in the state. "And there's no reason to think that there won't be more."
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Recent discoveries of a trio of previously unknown cave-dwelling species -- a minuscule, shrimplike crustacean near Akron and two kinds of spiders in southern Ohio -- could prove to the beginning of a statewide subterranean bio-blitz.
"It's really exciting, because it just hasn't happened that often in Ohio," said Erin Hazelton, an ecologist with the state's Department of Natural Areas and Preserves, who along with Wittenberg University biology professor Horton H. Hobbs III, led a two-year biosurvey of more than 230 known caverns in the state. "And there's no reason to think that there won't be more."
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