mesolimnion
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Noun edit
mesolimnion (plural mesolimnions)
- The layer of a lake between the monimolimnion and mixolimnion.
- 2016 January 7, “Distribution of Dehalococcoidia in the Anaerobic Deep Water of a Remote Meromictic Crater Lake and Detection of Dehalococcoidia -Derived Reductive Dehalogenase Homologous Genes”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Mixolimnion and monimolimnion are separated by a third layer called mesolimnion which is characterized by sharp gradients of dissolved Fe and salinity.