ichthyoplanktology en · NOUN
Etymology
From ichthyo- + planktology.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The 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: