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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 [[ocean]]s, [[estuary|estuaries]], [[lake]]s, [[river]]s, [[stream]]s, [[wetland]]s, and [[pond]]s (aquatic environments).
* Water, as in rivers, lakes, oceans, groundwater, is NOT aquatic. Surface water bodies like rivers, lakes, etc. and groundwater are better referred to as Water Resources.
* Shorthand for an [[aquatic plant]].
* Aquatic ecology ([[limnology]]), a discipline that uses the principles and methods of ecology to study natural organisms that live in water, and thus make up [[Aquatic ecosystem]]s.
* [[Aquatic ecosystem]], an ecosystem located in a body of water.
* [[Aquatics]], another name for [[Water sport (recreation)|watersport]]s.
==See also==
* [[Marine biology]]
* [[Freshwater biology]]
* [[Aquatic animal]]
* [[Limnology]] – study of inland waters
* [[Oceanography]] – study of marine environments
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