Wildlife of Florida's Springs: An Illustrated Field Guide to Over 150 Species

by Sandra Poucher

Overview

Florida is home to no fewer than 700 freshwater springs, more than any place in the world! From the famed manatee to the obscure freshwater jellyfish, the springs provide sustenance to an abundance of wild, marine and insect life. This beautiful guide features over 150 species, over 130 original illustrations, and includes listings of commonly and not-so-commonly encountered “critters” living in and near Florida’s springs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683343141
Publisher:	Pineapple Press, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

A native of Florida's Gulf coast, Sandra Poucher enjoys being outdoors just as she enjoys researching, reading, and writing. She has explored and helped survey caves locally in Florida as well as in Mexico and in the Caribbean. Her articles and photographs have been published in magazines such as Underwater Speleology and the NSS News. She is editor of Sheck Exley's The Taming of the Slough: A Comprehensive History of Peacock Springs, co-compiler with Dr. Rick Copeland of the Florida Geological Survey on the Speleological and Karst Glossary of Florida and the Caribbean, and writer and illustrator of A Field Guide to the Critters of Florida's Springs.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Preface xv

Introduction xvii

What Animal Is That? xvii

Water xviii

The Floridan Aquifer System xix

Hydrology Plus Geology Equals Hydrogeology! xx

Taxonomy xxi

Species Status xxiv

Stygoxenes and Trogloxenes 1

Bivalve Mollusks, Class Bivalvia 3

Snails, Class Gastropoda 8

Tick, Class Euchelicerata 14

Spiders, Class Arachnida 18

Crustaceans, Class Malacostraca 20

Microcrustaceans 24

Insects, Class Insecta 27

Sturgeons, Class Chondrostei 36

Cartilaginous Fish, Class Chondrichthyes 38

Gars and Bowfin, Class Holostei 39

Ray-finned Fish, Class Teleostei 42

Frogs and Salamanders, Class Amphibia 71

Alligators, Snakes, and Turtles, Class Reptilia 81

A Rather Maudlin' Cave Adventure by Buford Pruitt, Jr. 83

Is That a Moccasin? by Bruce Morgan 92

Mammals, Class Mammalia 106

Stygophiles and Txoglophiles 115

Cave Millipedes, Class Diplopoda 116

Spiders, Class Arachnida 116

Snails, Class Gastropoda 119

Insects, Class Insecta 120

Fish, Class Teleostei 123

Unusual Cave Encounters by Thomas R. Sawicki 124

Salamanders, Class Amphibia 133

Mammals, Class Mammalia 135

Stygobiles and Troglobites 141

Springtails, Class Collembola 142

Snails, Class Gastropoda 143

Crustaceans, Class Malacostraca 144

Salamanders, Class Amphibia 155

Dr. Archie Carr Reconnects to an Old Acquaintance by Richard Franz 156

Oddities 159

Freshwater Jellyfish, Class Hydrozoa 159

Freshwater Bryozoan, Class Phylactolaemata 160

Tube Worm, Class Clitellata 161

Biofilms and Aufwuchs 163

Algae 164

Chlorophyta 164

Bacteria 165

Bibliography 169

Index 187

About the Author 197