Antropogenní ovlivnění mikroklimatu Císařské jeskyně (Moravský kras)

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Title in English	Anthropogenic impact on the microclimate of the Císařská Cave (Moravian Karst)
Authors	HORNÍČEK Roman FAIMON Jiří SAS Daniel
Year of publication	2011
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Geochemistry
Keywords	Cisařská Cave; CO2 concentration; human; humidity; speleotherapy; temperature
Description	Impact of cave visitors on selected microclimatic parameters was studied in the Císařská Cave (Moravian Karst). The study showed that visitors produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide, heat, and vapor that are capable to increase CO2 levels, temperature, and specific humidity of cave air, respectively. Anthropogenic CO2 flux into the cave was estimated as 0.64 mol/hour/person. Restoration of the natural values requires different times: one hour in case of temperature/humidity and one day in case of C02 level, based on cave ventilation. An impact on the karst processes as speleothem growth/dissolution was not proved.
Related projects:	Recent karst processes: speleothem destruction Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)