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Concept: Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/H1 |
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| Preferred label | Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies |
| Definition | Natural caves, cave systems, underground waters and subterranean interstitial spaces. Caves and their associated waters harbour varied, but paucispecific, communities of animals, fungi and algae that are restricted to them (troglobiont organisms), or are physiologically and ecologically capable of conducting their entire life cycle within them (troglophile organisms), or are dependent on them for part of the life cycle (subtroglophile organisms). Underground waters not associated with caves (stygon) and interstitial spaces harbour distinctive faunas. |
| Notation | H1 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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