oligotrophication

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English

Etymology

From oligotrophic +‎ -ation.

Noun

oligotrophication (countable and uncountable, plural oligotrophications)

  1. Modification of an environment to make it oligotrophic
    • 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:
      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.

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