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biopedturbation

biopedturbation noun: the mixing or disturbance of soil by living organisms, as opposed to disturbance of other media such as sediment or leaf litter.

Noun

biopedturbation (uncountable)

  1. The mixing or disturbance of soil by living organisms, as opposed to disturbance of other media such as sediment or leaf litter.
    • The implications of the biopedturbation caused by sooty shearwater burrowing to the extent measured in this study may be profound for some ecosystem processes […]2006, Walter G. Whitford, Fenton R. Kay, “Biopedturbation by an island ecosystem engineer: Burrowing volumes and litter deposition by sooty shearwaters”, in New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 33...
    Synonyms:
    pedoturbation

Synonyms of biopedturbation

Origin of biopedturbation

From bio- + Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”) + Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”).

Questions about biopedturbation

What does biopedturbation mean?
Biopedturbation means the mixing or disturbance of soil by living organisms, as opposed to disturbance of other media such as sediment or leaf litter.
What part of speech is biopedturbation?
Biopedturbation is a noun.

Words near biopedturbation in the dictionary

  1. biopattern
  2. biopatterning
  3. biopatterns
  4. biopedagogies
  5. biopedagogy
  6. biopedturbation
  7. biopelagic
  8. biopellet
  9. biopellets
  10. biopelmicrite
  11. biopelmicrites

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