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nutriclines

nutriclines is the plural of nutricline.

Meaning of nutricline

Noun

nutricline (plural nutriclines)

  1. A zone within which nutrient levels decline rapidly with depth of water
    • We suggest that during the onset of the YD and at least until 12.6 ka BP, the MMF experienced lateral advection of nutrient and oxygen rich LIW that was accompanied by a shoaling of the nutricline.2015 October 9, “Microfossils, a Key to Unravel Cold-Water Carbonate Mound Evolution through Time: Evidence from the Eastern Alboran Sea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about nutriclines

What is nutriclines the plural of?
Nutriclines is the plural of nutricline.

Words near nutriclines in the dictionary

  1. nutriceuticals
  2. nutricial
  3. nutricious
  4. nutricism
  5. nutricline
  6. nutriclines
  7. nutricosmetic
  8. nutricosmetics
  9. nutrider
  10. nutriders
  11. nutrient

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