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limnology  

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  • The study of lakes, ponds and other standing waters, including physical and chemical characteristics of water and sediment, the biota and the relationship of the aquatic ecosystem to the catchment. [See alsoaquatic environment, lacustrine sediments, lake stratification and zonation, lake-level variations, lakes as indicators of environmental change, palaeolimnology] Hilary H. Birks University of Bergen. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; limnology]

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