English Explanatory Dictionary

mesotrophic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

providing intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor eutrophic (too high), nor oligotrophic (too low level).
describing organisms that inhabit such water

Word forms

mesotrophic more mesotrophic most mesotrophic

Etymology

From meso- + -trophic.

Related words

mesotroph mesotrophy

Derived words

oligomesotrophic

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