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marine biology

scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water
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Summary

marine biology is a branch of biology[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of branch of biology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,471 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], academic major[4], field of study[5]
  • Subclass of: aquatic biology[6], hydrobiology[7]
  • Commons category: Marine biology[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Marine biology[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/marine-biology[11]
  • Is the study of: marine life[12]
  • Practiced by: marine biologist[13]

Why It Matters

marine biology has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Diana Gabaldon Hirohito IFREMER marine genomics Martin Ryan Institute Mitsui Institute of Marine Biology Osamu Shimomura Rachel Carson Stephen Hillenburg Sylvia A. Earle University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories William Elford Leach Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution zoology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → marine-biology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: marine-biology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942147|marine biology (#289942147)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0300725-morska-biologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0300725-morska-biologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → topic_3387
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 16891, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Marine biology
    Subclass of → —
    Nci thesaurus id → C16821
    Subclass of → aquatic biology, hydrobiology
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nci thesaurus id: C16821"
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