AQUATIC

The term 'aquatic' refers to water and can be either a noun or an adjective. Dictionary definitions do not specify what kind of water, although in both general use and in the sciences, the implication is often that of fresh water. The term 'marine (ocean)' is typically substituted where reference to salt water is intended, and 'estuarine' for brackish water (i.e., a mix of fresh and salt water). On occasion, 'aquatic' may refer to any or all of these three.

★ Oceans, estuaries, lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and ponds are examples of 'aquatic environments'.

★ An 'aquatic' is also shorthand for an 'aquatic plant'.

★ 'Aquatic ecology' is a discipline that uses the principles and methods of ecology to study natural aquatic environments. However, the term limnology is more often used in this context.

★ The term 'aquatics' is another name for watersports.

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★ Marine biology

★ Freshwater biology

★ Aquatic animal

★ Limnology – study of inland waters

★ Oceanography – study of marine environments