April 2003 JOURNAL OF Volume 65 Number 1 ISSN 1090-6924 A Publication of the National CAVE AND KARST Speleological Society STUDIES Journal of Cave and Karst Studies Editor Louise D. Hose of the National Speleological Society National Cave and Karst Research Institute Volume 65 Number 1 April 2003 1400 University Drive Carlsbad, NM 88220 505-234-5561 or 887-2759 Voice CONTENTS 505-887-3051 FAX [email protected] The Cave-inhabiting rove beetles of the United States Production Editor (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; excluding Aleocharinae and Pselaphinae): James A. Pisarowicz Diversity and distributions Wind Cave National Park Stewart B. Peck and Margaret K. Thayer 3 Hot Springs, SD 57747 605-673-5582 A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates [email protected] of the southwest Illinois Karst BOARD OF EDITORS Julian J. Lewis, Philip Moss, Diane Tecic, and Matthew E. Nelson 9 Anthropology Patty Jo Watson Mycological survey of Río Camuy Caves Park, Puerto Rico Department of Anthropology Ángel M. Nieves-Rivera 22 Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 [email protected] Morphometric and spatial distribution prarmeters of karstic depressions, Lower Suwannee River Basin, Florida Conservation Can Denizman 29 Julian J. Lewis J. Lewis & Associates, Biological Consulting 217 West Carter Avenue Arrhopalites (Collembola: Arrhopalitidae) in U.S. caves Clarksville, IN 47129 with the description of seven new species 812-283-6120 Douglas Zeppelini and Kenneth Christiansen 36 [email protected] Earth Sciences-Journal Index Gypsum wedging and cavern breakdown: Studies in the Ira D. Sasowsky Mammoth Cave System Kentucky Department of Geology William B. White and Elizabeth L. White 43 University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-4101 330-972-5389 The Kuka'iau Cave, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, Created by water erosion: [email protected] A new Hawaiian cave type Stephan Kempe and Marlin Spike Werner 53 Exploration Andrea Futrell 987 Dow Creek Road Raw sewarge and sold waste dumps in lave tube caves of Hawaii Island Pembroke, VA 24136 William R. Halliday 68 540-626-5349 [email protected] Pa'auhau Civil Defense Cave on Mauna Kea, Hawaii: Life Sciences A lava tube modified by water erosion Steve Taylor Stephan Kempe, Ingo Bauer, and Horst-Volker Henschel 76 Center for Biodiversity Illinois Natural History Survey 607 East Peabody Drive (MC-652) Champaign, IL 61820-6970 Cave Science News 86 217-333-5702 [email protected] Editorial The National Cave and Karst Research Institute: Social Sciences American speleology’s remarkable opportunity Marion O. Smith P.O. Box 8276 Penelope Boston 87 University of Tennessee Station Knoxville, TN 37996 National Cave and Karst Research Act of 1998 88 Book Reviews Ernst H. Kastning P.O. Box 1048 Radford, VA 24141-0048 The Journal of Cave and Karst Studies (ISSN 1090-6924, CPM Number #40065056) is a multi-disciplinary, refereed [email protected] journal published three times a year by the National Speleological Society, 2813 Cave Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama 35810-4431 USA; (256) 852-1300; FAX (256) 851-9241, e-mail: [email protected]; World Wide Web: Proofreader http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/. The annual subscription fee, worldwide, by surface mail, is $18 US. Airmail deliv- Donald G. Davis ery outside the United States of both the NSS News and the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies is available for an addi- tional fee of $40 (total $58); The Journal of Cave and Karst Studies is not available alone by airmail. Back issues and cumulative indices are available from the NSS office. POSTMASTER: send address changes to the Journal of Cave JOURNAL ADVISORY BOARD and Karst Studies, 2813 Cave Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama 35810-4431 USA. David Ashley Rane Curl Malcolm Field Andrew Flurkey Copyright © 2003 by the National Speleological Society, Inc. Printed on recycled paper by American Web, 4040 Dahlia Street, Denver, Colorado 80216 USA John Ganter Donald MacFarlane Diana Northup Art Palmer Front cover: Main entrance of Clara Cave, Río Camuy Cave Park. See Nieves-Rivera, p. 22. William White