71. Does oceanography include the study of lakes and streams? 



The study of inland waters (lakes and streams) and the processes 

 occurring in them is known as limnology rather than oceanography, but 

 many of the methods of oceanography can be used in this study. It is 

 concerned with the interrelationships of chemistry, physics, and 

 geology and their effects on organisms. 



Processes such as sediment drift along shore are similar in lakes and 

 oceans. Fish are affected by temperature changes in fresh water as well 

 as in salt water. Pollution is a universal problem. 



In North America, oceanographers and limnologists have a joint 

 society, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, which 

 publishes the journal Limnology and Oceanography. 



Frey, David G. 



Limnology in North America, University of Wisconsin Press, 1963. 

 Pincus, Howard J. 



Secrets of the Sea, Oceanography for Young Scientists, American 



Education Publications, Inc., 1966. 

 Raid, George K. 



Ecology of Inland Waters and Estuaries, Reinhold, 1961. 



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