ichthyoplanktology

English

Etymology

From ichthyo- +‎ planktology.

Noun

ichthyoplanktology (uncountable)

1. The study of the free-floating larvae of fish
   • 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^[1], →DOI:

     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.

Derived terms

• ichthyoplanktologist
• ichthyoplanktological