In parallel with oceanography, limnology examines physical, hydrological, chemical and biological processes and their interactions in inland waters and their watersheds
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MSI researchers conduct limnological studies in freshwater and saline lakes, streams and wetlands in North America and elsewhere around the world including the arctic and tropical Africa and South America. A major focus of these studies is on interdisciplinary research aimed at measuring the sources, fluxes and fates of land-derived materials in streams, and their ecological effects on freshwater, estuarine and coastal marine habitats.
