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Eutrophication
The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.
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The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.
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| depletionnoun | The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. |
| eutrophizationnoun | Misspelling of eutrophication. [(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.] |
| eutrophianoun | A state of normal nourishment and growth; eutrophy. |
| oligotrophicationnoun | Modification of an environment to make it oligotrophic |
| oligotrophizationnoun | The process of becoming oligotrophic |
| mesotrophicationnoun | Conversion to a mesotrophic form |
| guanotrophicationnoun | eutrophication, of a lake etc, by means of guano input from a large number of birds |
| trophicitynoun | The condition of being trophic |
| biodilutionnoun | (biology) A decrease in concentration of especially a pollutant with a corresponding increase in the trophic level in a body of water. |
| alimentationnoun | (biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance. |
| phagotrophynoun | (biology) The condition of being phagotrophic |
| trophodynamicsnoun | (physiology) The dynamics of nutrition or of metabolism |
| electrotrophynoun | The condition of being an electrotroph |
| trophismnoun | Any specific form of nutrition involving the tissue of another organism |
| planktotrophynoun | (biology) The condition of being planktotrophic or of being a planktotroph |
| bioerosionnoun | The erosion of undersea rock or coral reefs by mollusks and other organisms. |
| nutritionnoun | That which nourishes; nutriment. |
| biotrophismnoun | (biology) The condition of being biotrophic |
| ecotrophologynoun | Study of food chains and ecosystems. |
| anthropizationnoun | (ecology) The transformation or adaptation of the environment to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity. |
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