Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The scientific study of the life and phenomena of fresh water, especially lakes and ponds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scientific study of lakes and ponds, with especial reference to the organisms which live in them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
science concerning thebiological ,physical andgeological properties offresh water bodies , especiallylakes andponds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The tempo of scientific investigation increased rapidly after 1938, with emphasis on specialized fields such as limnology, wildlife management, ecology, pedology and archeology.
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I have to admit that when I saw the word, I thought it must have something to do with lakes from Greek λίμνη, as in 'limnology'.
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Labels: limnology, New York Times, Zadie posted by John McGrath @ 5: 45 PM
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His research interests range from ecology, limnology, biostatistics and modeling, through ecosystems functioning, global climate change, nitrogen and carbon cycling in temperate peatlands to taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda.
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Ornithological research has been done since the 1950s and studies have since been carried out on vertebrate zoology, botany, ecology, plant ecology, entomology, limnology, geography, ethology, pesticides and diseases.
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Labels: limnology, New York Times, Zadie posted by John McGrath @ 5: 45 PM
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He received a Ph.D. at Washington State University in 1976, with emphasis in limnology and ecosystem modeling.
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Labels: limnology, New York Times, Zadie posted by John McGrath @ 5: 45 PM
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This research, at the interface between biogeochemistry and community ecology, is conducted in continental aquatic ecosystems and marine ecosystems alike, thereby bridging limnology and oceanography.
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Labels: limnology, New York Times, Zadie posted by John McGrath @ 5: 45 PM
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