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brownification

brownification noun: browning; especially the browning of lakes and streams due to increased dissolved humic material.

Noun

brownification (uncountable)

  1. Browning; especially the browning of lakes and streams due to increased dissolved humic material.
    • Using a multi-seasonal, low trophic state mesocosm experiment, we investigated how higher water temperature and brownification affect plankton community composition, phenology, and functioning.2015 October 14, “Increasing Water Temperature Triggers Dominance of Small Freshwater Plankton”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of brownification

From brown + -ification.

Questions about brownification

What does brownification mean?
Brownification means browning; especially the browning of lakes and streams due to increased dissolved humic material.
What part of speech is brownification?
Brownification is a noun.

Words near brownification in the dictionary

  1. brownie point
  2. brownie points
  3. brownier
  4. brownies
  5. browniest
  6. brownification
  7. brownified
  8. brownifies
  9. brownify
  10. brownifying
  11. browniine

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