Biserujka

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| geology = Karst cave

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Biserujka, also known as Omišaljska špilja, Vitezić špilja or Slivanjska jama is a cave located 6 km northeast of Dobrinj, in the village of Rudine, above the Slivanjska Bay, in the island of Krk, Croatia.

An undistinguished stone house in the middle of a bare karst landscape hides the entrance to a cave 12 m under the surface. Although it is not very long if compared to other caves, only 110 m deep,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIhFr8klMowC&q=biserujka&pg=PA183 | title=Croatia | year=2006 | last=Stewart | first=James | page=183 | publisher=Cadogan Guides | isbn=1-86011-319-2}} the Biserujka cave has everything that is characteristic of karst phenomena. It has typical features such as stalactites and stalagmites,Jonathan Bousfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=UxSnm-mUp40C&dq=biserujka&pg=PA225 The Rough Guide to Croatia], p. 225, Rough Guides (2003), {{ISBN|1-84353-084-8}} and also a gallery or hall, which is suitable for the holding of concerts. However, because of the low temperature, about 13 °C, people cannot stand being there for long periods of time, so only short musical pieces are performed. Since 1998, the cave has been arranged for sightseeing and the hosts can take groups of 25 at a time.Radovan Radovanovič, The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide, p. 115, Zagreb (1999), {{ISBN|953-178-097-8}}

References

Literature

{{cite journal |publication-date=2010-04-01 |date=2009 |first1=Vlado |last1=Božić |first2=Hrvoje |last2=Malinar |first3=Marta |last3=Malinar |first4=Dragan |last4=Brnić |first5=Roman |last5=Ozimec |first6=Branko |last6=Jalžić |first7=Marko |last7=Randić |first8=Juraj |last8=Posarić |title=Špilja Biserujka na otoku Krku |pages=5-18 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/273083 |journal=Speleolog |issn=0490-4109 |issue=57 |language=hr |trans-title=Biserujka Cave on the Island of Krk}}

=Biology=

{{cite journal |date=2022-12-30 |first1=Martina |last1=Podnar |first2=Nikola |last2=Tvrtković |first3=Marijana |last3=Vuković |first4=Fran |last4=Rebrina |first5=Irena |last5=Grbac |first6=Christoph |last6=Hörweg |title=Alpiscorpius liburnicus sp. n. with a note on the "Alpiscorpius croaticus group" (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Croatia |doi=10.20302/NC.2022.31.19 |journal=Natura Croatica |eissn=1848-7386 |volume=31 |issue=2|doi-access=free }}
{{cite journal |date=November 2019 |first1=Jana |last1=Bedek |first2=Stefano |last2=Taiti |first3=Helena |last3=Bilandžija |first4=Emma |last4=Ristori |first5=Mariella |last5=Baratti |title=Molecular and taxonomic analyses in troglobiotic Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes) species from the Dinaric Karst (Isopoda: Trichoniscidae) |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz056 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |issn=0024-4082 |volume=187 |issue=3}}
{{cite journal |date=2012-12-31 |first1=Matthew R. |last1=Graham |first2=Michael M. |last2=Webber |first3=Gergin |last3=Blagoev |first4=Natalia |last4=Ivanova |first5=Victor |last5=Fet |title=Molecular and morphological evidence supports the elevation of Euscorpius germanus croaticus Di Caporiacco, 1950 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) to E. croaticus stat. nov., a rare species from Croatia |pages=41-50 |url=http://sea-entomologia.org/PDF/RIA21/041050RIA21Euscorpiuscroaticusstatncolor.pdf |journal=Revista Ibérica de Aracnología |issn=1576-9518 |issue=21}}
{{cite journal |date=2005-07-15 |first=Rajko |last=Slapnik |title=Rasprostranjenost troglobiontnih puževa iz roda Zospeum na području krša Hrvatske |pages=24-29 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/250084 |journal=Subterranea Croatica |issn=1334-5281 |volume=3 |issue=4}}
{{cite journal |date=1985 |first1=Erhard |last1=Christian |first2=Franc |last2=Potočnik |title=Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Höhlenfauna der Insel Krk |pages=13-19 |journal=Biološki vestnik |issn=0520-1969 |volume=33 |issue=1}}
{{cite journal |date=1983 |first=Franc |last=Potočnik |title=Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes) christiani spec. nov., eine neue Trichoniscinae-Art (Isopoda terrestria) aus Jugoslawien / Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes) christiani, spec. nov., a new Trichoniscinae — species (Isopoda terrestria) from Yugoslawie |pages=389-395 |url=http://verlag.nhm-wien.ac.at/pdfs/084B_389395_Potocnik.pdf |journal=Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien |issn=0255-0105 |volume=84B}}

=Geology=

{{cite thesis |date=2021-11-21 |first=Ela |last=Šegina |title=Spatial Analysis in Karst Geomorphology: An Example from Krk Island, Croatia |isbn=978-3-030-61449-2 |series=Springer Theses |eissn=2190-5061}}
{{cite journal |date=1965 |first=Mirko |last=Malez |title=Kvartarološka i speleološka istraživanja u 1965. godini |pages=405-417 |url=https://dizbi.hazu.hr/?pr=i&id=174604 |journal=Ljetopis Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti |issn=0373-9902 |volume=72 |language=hr |trans-title=Quaternary and Speleological Research in the Year 1965}}
{{cite book |date=1965 |first=Srećko |last=Božičević |publisher=Hrvatski geološki institut |title=Vitezić Špilja na otoku Krku |location=Zagreb}}
{{cite thesis |date=2012 |first=Nina |last=Lončar |publisher=Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet |title=Izotopni sastav siga iz speleoloških objekata istočnojadranskih otoka kao pokazatelj promjena u paleookolišu |location=Zagreb}}

=History=

{{cite journal |publication-date=2008-08-01 |first=Juraj |last=Posarić |title=Svjetlo, Habib! Svjetlo! Manita peć u Paklenici i Grapčeva špilja na Hvaru - prve hrvatske špilje osvjetljene solarnom energijom |pages=14-23 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/273014 |journal=Speleolog |issn=0490-4109 |issue=55 |language=hr |trans-title=Light, Habib! Light! Manita peć in Paklenica and Grapčeva špilja on Hvar - the First Croatian Caves Lit with Solar Energy}}
{{cite journal |date=2006-12-29 |first=Vladimir |last=Božić |title=Stari natpisi u nekim hrvatskim špiljama |pages=27-43 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/27394 |journal=Speleolog |issn=0490-4109 |issue=33 |language=hr |trans-title=Ancient Inscriptions in Some Croatian Caves}}
{{cite book |date=1996 |first=Srećko |last=Božičević |publisher=Hrvatski geološki institut |title=Špilja Biserujka ( Vitezić pećina ) otok Krk: prijedlog za turističko uređenje |location=Dobrinj}}
{{cite book |date=1905 |first=Dragutin |last=Hirc |chapter=Slivanjska jama |pages=706 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/prirodnizemljop00hircgoog/page/n774/mode/1up |title=Prirodni zemljopis Hrvatske}}

=Tourism=

{{cite book |date=2024 |first1=Gordana |last1=Žauhar |first2=Marija |last2=Čargonja |first3=Nina |last3=Trinajstić |first4=Diana |last4=Mance |first5=Darko |last5=Mekterović |chapter=Radon levels in Biserujka cave and assesessment of effective dose received by visitors and tourist guides |title=Twelfth International Conference of Radiation, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Technology and Ecology: Conference Book of Abstracts |isbn=978-86-901150-7-5 |url=https://repository.khnnra.edu.ua/wp-content/uploads/tainacan-items/274/50886/RAD_2024-Book_of_Abstracts.pdf}} Tirage: 20.
{{cite thesis |date=2023-09-25 |first=Petra |last=Valić |publisher=Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci |title=Mjerenje radona u okolišu |url=https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:323935 |location=Rijeka}}
{{cite journal |date=2011 |first1=Rade |last1=Knežević |first2=Renata |last2=Grbac Žiković |title=Analysis of the Condition and Development Opportunities of Cave Tourism in Primorsko - Goranska County |pages=11-25 |url=http://www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/dokumentacija/turizam/arhiva/vol_1501_knezevic.pdf |journal=Turizam |eissn=1450-6661 |volume=15}}
{{cite journal |date=2007-12-01 |first1=Neven |last1=Bočić |first2=Aleksandar |last2=Lukić |first3=Vuk Tvrtko |last3=Opačić |title=Management Models and Development of Show Caves as Tourist Destinations in Croatia |pages=13-21 |url=https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v35i2-3.224 |journal=Acta Carsologica |issn=0583-6050 |volume=35 |issue=23}}
{{cite book |date=1999 |first=Vladimir |last=Božić |publisher=Ekološki glasnik |chapter=Špilja Biserujka (Vitezić špilja) |pages=96-99 |title=Speleološki turizam u Hrvatskoj: vodič po uređenim i pristupačnim špiljama i jamama |isbn=953-97331-8-9 |location=Zagreb}}

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