Brown bear and diversity of airbone algaeand cyanobacteria in the Głowoniowa Nyża Cave
Journal: Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
Year: 2019

Of the big mammal taxa, the brown bear (Ursus arctos) is one of a few surviving species and one of the two largest terrestrial carnivorans that have successfully exploited caves. Greenish and blueish patches were collected in August 2016 from the cave walls and pine twigs in the pseudokarstic Gowoniowa Nya Cave in the High Tatra Mountains, southern Poland. These materials were cultured and the first appearance of airborne microorganisms (algae and cyanobacteria) during two-three months of cultiv