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Descriptor English: Limnology
Descriptor Spanish: Limnología
Descriptor limnología
Scope note: Ciencia que estudia los aspectos físicos, químicos, hidrológicos y biológicos de los organismos de agua dulce. (Traducción libre del original: EPA Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms [Internet] US Environmental Protection Agency [cited 2008 Sep 25] disponible en http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/aterms.html)
Descriptor Portuguese: Limnologia
Descriptor French: Limnologie
Tree number(s): H01.277.625
SP4.016.132.553.924
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055994
Scope note: The study of the physical, chemical, hydrological, and biological aspects of fresh water bodies. (EPA Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms [Internet] US Environmental Protection Agency [cited 2008 Sep 25] available from http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/aterms.html)
Annotation: use for the discipline (education, history, etc) only
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Related: Coastal Lagoon DeCS
Hydrobiology MeSH
Hydrology MeSH
Lake Water Collection DeCS
Oceanography MeSH
Pollution of Lakes and Impoundments DeCS
DeCS ID: 25347
Unique ID: D055994
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Limnology - Preferred
Concept UI M0525394
Scope note The study of the physical, chemical, hydrological, and biological aspects of fresh water bodies. (EPA Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms [Internet] US Environmental Protection Agency [cited 2008 Sep 25] available from http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/aterms.html)
Preferred term Limnology



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