hydrobiology

[ hahy-droh-bahy-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the study of aquatic organisms.

Other Words From

• hy·dro·bi·o·log·i·cal [hahy-dr, uh, -bahy-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], hydro·bio·logic adjective
• hydro·bio·logi·cal·ly adverb
• hydro·bi·olo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrobiology¹

First recorded in 1925–30; hydro- ¹ + biology

Example Sentences

“There is a very low possibility that any survived,” says Afanasyev, director of NAS’s Institute of Hydrobiology.

From Science Magazine

It could take a few years for the soft body parts to decompose fully, and their shells much longer, says Volodymyr Yuryshynets, a parasitologist at the Institute of Hydrobiology.

From Science Magazine

Though first observed in Turkey in 2007, sea snot appears to have periodically plagued the Mediterranean Sea since the 18th century, Özgür Baytut, a lecturer in hydrobiology at Ondokuz Mayıs University, told BirGün.

From Washington Post

In a letter to Nature last October, Yushun Chen of the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, China, and colleagues argued that sand mining there "has destroyed crucial spawning, feeding and rearing grounds for its aquatic organisms," including the now-extinct Yangtze river dolphin and the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise.

From Science Magazine

“We are using crayfish like a living chemical laboratory – like a bio indicator and bio sensor together,” said Pavel Kozak, Director of the university’s Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology.

From Reuters