hydroecology

noun

Etymology: From hydro- + ecology.

1. The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.

   “Ecological Studies in the Vegetation of the Near Eastern Deserts V. The Zygophylletum dumosi and Its Hydroecology in the Negev of Israel”

   “Hydroecology of the grass-associations found at the dams along the Upper-Tisza”