oligotrophication

English

Etymology

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^[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.

Derived terms

• reoligotrophication