Limnology Limnology Limnology ( ; from Greek λίμνη, "limne", "lake" and λόγος, "logos", "knowledge"), is the study of inland aquatic ecosystems. The study of limnology includes aspects of the biological, chemical, physical, and geological characteristics and functions of inland waters (running and standing waters, fresh and saline, natural or man-made). This includes the study of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, rivers, springs, streams, wetlands, and groundwater. A more recent sub-discipline of limnology, termed landscape limnology, studies, manages, and seeks to conserve these ecosystems using a landscape perspective, by explicitly examining connections between an aquatic ecosystem and its watershed. Recently, the need to understand
Forensic limnology base line samples then it concludes the information viable. In 2006, scientists began creating a diatom database. It is the 'fingerprint system' for diatoms. The computer recognizes different diatom species based on shape and color characteristics. The tallying of colonies present in a sample, as well as the preferences of flora for diatom colonies are in the system so that scientists can access the information. But, as of 2012 the database is not complete and not used in courts. As of 2012, a small percentage of forensic limnology is used as evidence in courts. The presence of diatoms in air,