aquarium: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Communication - The Art of Aquarium Keeping Communicates Science and Conservation. Dec 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Pressbooks at Virginia Tech - Fish, Fishing, and Conservation - Public Aquariums and Their Role in Education, Science, and Conservation. Aug 08, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies - The design and construction of Aquaria. Oct 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventing the aquarium: a short history. Jun 13, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center For Biotechnological Information - PubMed Central - The effects of interacting with fish in aquariums on human health and well-being: A systematic review. Oct 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Zoological Society of London - London Zoo - The History of The Aquarium. Feb 28, 2018
Text added mentioning Jeanne Villepreux-Power as the inventor of the first recognizable aquarium in 1832. Apr 25, 2014
Illustration of a 19th-century aquarium added. Apr 25, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Aquarium. Sep 20, 2013
Text added attributing the origin of the term "aquarium" to botanists. Feb 08, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Home Aquariums. Feb 06, 2009
Media added. Jul 14, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Aquarium. May 29, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Aquariums. May 15, 2008
Added new Web site: Seasky.org - The Sea. Sep 07, 2006
Added new Web site: FINS - Fish Information Service. May 12, 2006
Added new Web site: Aquarium Filtration. May 12, 2006
Article revised. Mar 09, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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