aquatic biology

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• Aquatic toxicology — is the study of the effects of manufactured chemicals and other anthropogenic and natural materials and activities on s at various levels of organization, from subcellular through individual organisms to communities and ecosystems (Rand, 1995).In …   Wikipedia

• Aquatic therapy — or pool therapy consists of an exercise program that is performed in the water. Aquatic therapy use the resistance of water instead of weights. Physical therapists Physical therapists (PTs) are health care professionals who evaluate and manage… …   Wikipedia

• Aquatic science — is the multidisciplinary study of aquatic systems, encompassing both freshwater and marine systems. Scientific investigations within this field often examine the human impact on and interaction with aquatic systems and range in scale from the… …   Wikipedia

• Aquatic biodiversity research — Aquatic Biodiversity Research= Aquatic biodiversity research is the field of scientific research studying marine and freshwater biological diversityAfter the Earth Summit in Rio, 1992 and the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity,… …   Wikipedia

• aquatic — aquatic, lacustrine, fluvial, fluviatile, marine, oceanic, thalassic, neritic, pelagic, abyssal all refer to water and especially to a body of water but all except aquatic are highly specific in their applications and all are more or less… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Aquatic insects — A water beetle A whirligig beetle Aquatic insects live some portion of their life cycle in the water. They feed in the same way …   Wikipedia

• biology — /buy ol euh jee/, n. 1. the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, esp. with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior. 2. the living organisms of a region: the biology of Pennsylvania. 3. the… …   Universalium

• Aquatic — The term aquatic refers to things that are in or of the water but not to water itself, and can refer to the following:* Plants and/or animals living in oceans, estuaries, lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and ponds (aquatic environments). * Water …   Wikipedia

• Aquatic ape hypothesis — The aquatic ape hypothesis (AAH), sometimes referred to as the aquatic ape theory, asserts that wading, swimming and diving for food exerted a strong evolutionary effect on the ancestors of the genus Homo and is in part responsible for the split… …   Wikipedia

• Aquatic ecosystem — An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem located in water bodies. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and… …   Wikipedia

• Aquatic locomotion — Swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms ranging from arthropods to fish to molluscs. Contents 1 Evolution of swimming 2 Invertebrates 3 Swimming in fish …   Wikipedia