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oligotrophication

oligotrophication noun: modification of an environment to make it oligotrophic.

Noun

oligotrophication (countable and uncountable, plural oligotrophications)

  1. Modification of an environment to make it oligotrophic
    • In LH-6-13, an up-core decrease in rates of accumulation for several sediment variables indicates time-course oligotrophication of the lake through the Holocene.2016 January 21, “A Holocene Sediment Record of Phosphorus Accumulation in Shallow Lake Harris, Florida (USA) Offers New Perspectives on Recent Cultural Eutrophication”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of oligotrophication

pluraloligotrophications

Origin of oligotrophication

From oligotrophic + -ation.

Words formed from oligotrophication

Questions about oligotrophication

What does oligotrophication mean?
Oligotrophication means modification of an environment to make it oligotrophic.
What part of speech is oligotrophication?
Oligotrophication is a noun.
What is the plural of oligotrophication?
The plural of oligotrophication is oligotrophications.

Words near oligotrophication in the dictionary

  1. oligotrimer
  2. oligotrimers
  3. oligotroph
  4. oligotrophic
  5. oligotrophically
  6. oligotrophication
  7. oligotrophicity
  8. oligotrophization
  9. oligotrophs
  10. oligotrophy
  11. oligotropic

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