oligotrophication

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Etymology edit

oligotrophic +‎ -ation

Noun edit

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[1], →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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