1. Tourism activity affects the cave's physical environment in several ways, such as damaging speleothems, altering the cave structure for ease of access, and the shifting of cave microclimate. Nevertheless, it is less clear how the pressure of touristic activities affects the cave fauna.
2. This study aimed to investigate the effects from tourism activities on the cave invertebrate fauna from Gruta de Lanquín Cave (Alta Verapaz, Guatemala). For this, quadrats were placed throughout the cave, where invertebrates were sampled and substrate features were measured.
3. Results showed that the community structure differed among touristic and non‐touristic areas of the cave and the troglobitic species are structured differently than the rest of the invertebrate community in the cave. It was detected that the pathways designated for touristic use have different substrate features than their adjacent areas.
4. In order to maintain the conservation of the invertebrate species, several management recommendations are provided, such as determining a well‐established walking path that avoids cave microhabitats and the maintenance of a supervised guided tour.

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旅游对中美洲洞穴地下动物的影响

1. 旅游活动以多种方式影响洞穴的自然环境，例如破坏鞘脂，改变洞穴结构以方便通行以及洞穴微气候的转移。然而，尚不清楚旅游活动的压力如何影响洞穴动物群。
2. 这项研究旨在调查旅游活动对格鲁塔·德兰金洞穴（危地马拉阿尔塔·维拉帕兹）的无脊椎动物群落的影响。为此，在整个洞穴中放置了四面体，在其中取样了无脊椎动物并测量了基底特征。
3. 结果表明，该洞穴的旅游区和非旅游区的群落结构不同，并且穴居人的物种结构与洞穴中其他无脊椎动物群落的结构不同。据检测，指定用于旅游的路径与其相邻区域具有不同的底物特征。
4. 为了维护无脊椎动物物种的保护，提出了一些管理建议，例如确定可以避免洞穴微生境的完善的步行路径以及维持有监督的导游。