AQUIFERIOUS SHOWCASES ESSAYS, MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHY FROM WELL KNOWN WRITERS, SCIENTISTS AND EXTREME SPRINGS EXPLORERS.

AQUIFERious includes detailed chronicles of the seldom-seen life forms inhabiting the depths of the springs, as well as accounts of increasing pollution that threatens both the quality and magnitude of the spring outflows. Contributions include Bill Belleville's (billbelleville.com) literary history of springs in Florida Springs: Eocene memories, Fueled by a Dream, Stefan Craciun's essay and images about Sirena, and biologist Tom Morris' Life in Florida's Aquifer Caves, which include his underwater images of the enormous caverns under Silver Springs and Silver Glen springs, as well macro photos of rare cave crayfish and shrimp.

Other gripping and graphic perspectives are provided by Eric Hutcheson (erichutcheson.com) via his accounts of his exploits as an extreme cartographer in The Amazing Maps of Eric Hutcheson, Howard Jelks' informative Springs: A Florida Treasure, Denise Trunk Krigbaum's account of Springs Critters, Jon Martin's informative article on Springs Water Ages, Dan Rountree's essay on Siphons and Swallets, Georgia Shemitz's map of springsheds and recharge areas, and Jim Stevenson's urgent plea, Florida Springs: a Cloudy but Hopeful Future.

Dina Liebowitz reveals the monumental contribution of miniscule snails in cleaning up the springs. Matt Cohen describes the " heartbeat of the river" and the ability it has to cleanse itself; and Bob Knight paints a poignant picture of the decline of Silver Springs and the history of the studies of the springs.