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  • noun A specialist in limnology.

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  • noun a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes

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Examples

  • This story, about a family of limnologists keeping records of a Siberian lake over a period of 60 years, has nothing to do with words, other than that it allows me to drop limnologist.

    Limnology and Why I'm a Bad Blogger 2008

  • This story, about a family of limnologists keeping records of a Siberian lake over a period of 60 years, has nothing to do with words, other than that it allows me to drop limnologist.

    Limnology and Why I'm a Bad Blogger 2008

  • This story, about a family of limnologists keeping records of a Siberian lake over a period of 60 years, has nothing to do with words, other than that it allows me to drop limnologist.

    Limnology and Why I'm a Bad Blogger 2008

  • This story, about a family of limnologists keeping records of a Siberian lake over a period of 60 years, has nothing to do with words, other than that it allows me to drop limnologist.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • This story, about a family of limnologists keeping records of a Siberian lake over a period of 60 years, has nothing to do with words, other than that it allows me to drop limnologist.

    Limnology and Why I'm a Bad Blogger 2008

  • Gene E. Likens (1935 -) is an American limnologist and ecologist who led the team of scientists that documented the link between fossil fuel combustion and an increase in the acidity of precipitation in North America, now known as acid rain.

    Likens, Gene E. 2009

  • Gene E. Likens (1935 -) is an American limnologist and ecologist who led the team of scientists that documented the link between fossil fuel combustion and an increase in the acidity of precipitation in North America, now known as acid rain.

    Likens, Gene E. 2009

  • You can think of it this way: There is a new bully in the neighborhood, said Sudeep Chandra, a university limnologist who was working with the California Department of Fish and Game on a study of invasive species when the discovery was made six weeks ago.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle pfimrite@sfchronicle.com (Peter Fimrite 2011

  • John Downing, a biogeochemist and limnologist at Iowa State University, said structural issues were also to blame.

    NYT > Home Page By LESLIE KAUFMAN 2011

  • John Downing, a biogeochemist and limnologist at Iowa State University, said structural issues were also to blame.

    NYT > Home Page By LESLIE KAUFMAN 2011

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  • See also limnology.

    May 7, 2008