Limnology is a discipline that concerns the study of in-land waters (both saline and fresh), specifically lakes, ponds and rivers (both natural and manmade), including their biological, physical, chemical, and hydrological aspects.

François-Alphonse Forel (1841-1912) established the field with his studies of Lake Geneva. Limnology traditionally is closely related to hydrobiology , which is concerned with the application of the principles and methods of physics, chemistry, geology, and geography to ecological problems.

Organizations

• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Australian Society for Limnology
• European Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• German Society of Limnology (www.dgl-ev.de)
• Italian Association for Oceanology and Limnology
• The Japanese Society of Limnology
• Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (limnology.org)

Journals

• Advances in Limnology
• Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
• Journal of Limnology
• Limnologica
• Limnology and Oceanography

See also

• Important publications in limnology

References

• Gerald A. Cole , Textbook of Limnology, 4th ed. (Waveland Press , 1994) ISBN 0881338001
• A.J.Horne & C.R. Goldman : Limnology (1994), ISBN 0070236739
• G. E. Hutchinson , A Treatise on Limnology, 3 vols. (1957-1975) - classic but dated
• H.B.N. Hynes , The Ecology of Running Waters (1970)
• Jacob Kalff , Limnology (Prentice Hall , 2001)
• B. Moss , Ecology of Fresh Waters (Blackwell, 1998)
• Robert G. Wetzel , Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, 3rd ed. (Academic Press , 2001) ISBN 0127447601 - highly regarded
• Robert G. Wetzel & Gene E. Likens , Limnological Analyses, 3rd ed. (Springer-Verlag, 2000)