ichthyoplanktology
English
editEtymology
editFrom ichthyo- + planktology.
Noun
editichthyoplanktology (uncountable)
- The study of the free-floating larvae of fish
- 2015 July 6, “Molecular Identification of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnus thynnus, Scombridae) Larvae and Development of a DNA Character-Based Identification Key for Mediterranean Scombrids”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- It comes as no surprise that all 58 larvae provided by the IEO and OCEANA-Marviva project were correctly identified, since their staff are leading experts in the field of ichthyoplanktology.