Aquatic 238288 216364461 2008-06-01T08:50:00Z タチコマ robot 421426 robot Adding: [[es:Acuático]] {{Wiktionarypar|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 [[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 {{disambig}} [[Category:Aquatic biomes]] [[de:Aquatil]] [[es:Acuático]]