ichthyoplanktology

noun

The study of the free-floating larvae of fish

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Meanings

nounichthyoplanktology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe study of the free-floating larvae of fish

    It comes as no surprise that all 58 larvae provided by the IEO and OCEANA-Marviva project were correctly identified, since their staff are leading experts in the field of ichthyoplanktology.

    2015 July 6, “Molecular Identification of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnus thynnus, Scombridae) Larvae and Development of a DNA Character-Based Identification Key for Mediterranean Scombrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From ichthyo- + planktology.

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