brownification
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From brown + -ification.
Noun[edit]
brownification (uncountable)
- Browning; especially the browning of lakes and streams due to increased dissolved humic material.
- 2015 October 14, “Increasing Water Temperature Triggers Dominance of Small Freshwater Plankton”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Using a multi-seasonal, low trophic state mesocosm experiment, we investigated how higher water temperature and brownification affect plankton community composition, phenology, and functioning.