limnology
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limnology (countable and uncountable, plural limnologies)
- (ecology) The science concerning the biological, physical and geological properties of fresh water bodies, especially lakes and ponds.
- 1999, Michael T. Arts, Bruce C. Wainmann, editors, Foreword: Lipids in Freshwater Ecosystems, page v:
- Although limnology is a young discipline, it has, over the past century, experienced marked growth. Its early descriptive period was a long one, given the enormous diversity of biota and environments in freshwater ecosystems.
- 2000, Robert G. Wetzel, Gene E. Likens, Preface to the Third Edition: Limnological Analyses, page vii:
- The exercises in this book were set forth initially because of our frustrations in teaching such a complex, multifaceted discipline as limnology.
- 2011, Bo-Ping Han, Zhengwen Liu, editors, Preface: Tropical and Sub-Tropical Reservoir Limnology in China: Theory and Practice, page v:
- Reservoir limnology and water quality management are associated with functions such as flood control, hydropower generation, irrigation, and fishery.
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- (scientific study of bodies of fresh water): freshwater science
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science of lakes
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