limnic

The adjective limnisch ( Gr. Λίμνη limnē "lake, standing water"), also lacustric or lacustrine, lacustrary, lakuster (Latin lacuster, -tris to lacus , lake '), means in biology:

• Especially living in lakes or belonging to them, see the lake ecosystem
• more generally also living in standing water ( lentic systems) or belonging to it, in contrast to fluviatil ( living in flowing, lotic systems), see still waters
• or even more generally in inland waters (all waters except the seas) living or belonging to it, in contrast to marine , see Limnology
• alternatively living in fresh water (above or below ground) or belonging to it, see fresh water

In geology it refers to

• Deposition environments of lake or swamp sediments

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