Disciplines and Occupations

Marine Biology

The study of the origin, structure, development, growth, function, genetics, and reproduction of organisms which inhabit the OCEANS AND SEAS.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The study of the origin, structure, development, growth, function, genetics, and reproduction of organisms which inhabit the OCEANS AND SEAS.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Biology, Marine
  • Marine Ecology
  • Marine Hydrobiology
  • Ecology, Marine
  • Hydrobiology, Marine

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the discipline (education, history, etc) only

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Marine Biology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008386. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008386
  2. Marine Biology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_biology
  3. Marine Biology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173