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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OLIGOTROPHIC

From oligo- + Greek trophein to nourish + -ic.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OLIGOTROPHIC

oligotrophic  [ˌɒlɪɡəʊˈtrɒfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLIGOTROPHIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oligotrophic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OLIGOTROPHIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

oligotrophic

Oligotroph

An Oligotroph is an organism that can live in an environment that offers very low levels of nutrients. They may be contrasted with copiotrophs, which prefer nutritionally rich environments. Oligotrophs are characterized by slow growth, low rates of metabolism, and generally low population density. The adjective oligotrophic may be used to refer to environments that offer little to sustain life, organisms that survive in such environments, or the adaptations that support survival. Etymologically, the word "oligoptroph" is a combination of the Greek adjective oligos meaning "few" and the adjective trophikos ) meaning "feeding". Oligotrophic environments include deep oceanic sediments, caves, glacial and polar ice, deep subsurface soil, aquifers, ocean waters, and leached soils. Examples of oligotrophic organisms are the cave-dwelling olm, the bacterium, Pelagibacter ubique, which is the most abundant organism in the oceans with an estimated 2 × 1028 individuals in total, and the lichens with their extremely low metabolic rate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLIGOTROPHIC


adrenocorticotrophic
əˌdriːnəʊˌkɔːtəkəʊˈtrɒfɪk
atrophic
əˈtrɒfɪk
autotrophic
ˌɔːtəˈtrɒfɪk
auxotrophic
ˌɔːksəˈtrɒfɪk
chemoheterotrophic
ˌkiːməʊˌhɛtərəʊˈtrɒfɪk
dystrophic
dɪsˈtrɒfɪk
eutrophic
juːˈtrɒfɪk
gonadotrophic
ˌɡɒnədəʊˈtrɒfɪk
heterotrophic
ˌhɛtərəʊˈtrɒfɪk
hypertrophic
ˌhaɪpəˈtrɒfɪk
lymphotrophic
ˌlɪmfəˈtrɒfɪk
mesotrophic
ˌmɛsəʊˈtrɒfɪk
mycotrophic
ˌmaɪkəʊˈtrɒfɪk
necrotrophic
ˌnɛkrəʊˈtrɒfɪk
neurotrophic
ˌnjʊərəˈtrɒfɪk
photoautotrophic
ˌfəʊtəʊˌɔːtəʊˈtrɒfɪk
phototrophic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtrɒfɪk
prototrophic
ˌprəʊtəˈtrɒfɪk
trophic
ˈtrɒfɪk
zootrophic
ˌzəʊəˈtrɒfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLIGOTROPHIC

oligodendroglia
oligogene
oligomer
oligomeric
oligomerisation
oligomerization
oligomerous
oligonucleotide
oligopeptide
oligophagous
oligophagy
oligopolies
oligopolistic
oligopoly
oligopsonies
oligopsonistic
oligopsony
oligosaccharide
oligospermia
oligotrophy

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLIGOTROPHIC

anthroposophic
antistrophic
apostrophic
catastrophic
corticotrophic
diastrophic
geographic
geostrophic
heterostrophic
mixotrophic
monostrophic
octastrophic
pansophic
philosophic
polytrophic
saprotrophic
somatotrophic
strophic
theosophic
thyrotrophic
unphilosophic

Synonyms and antonyms of oligotrophic in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «oligotrophic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLIGOTROPHIC

Find out the translation of oligotrophic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oligotrophic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oligotrophic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oligotrófico
570 millions of speakers

English

oligotrophic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

oligotrophic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قليل التغذية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

олиготрофное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oligotrófico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

oligotrophic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oligotrophe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oligotrophik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oligotrophen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貧栄養型の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빈 영양
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oligotrophik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghèo dinh dưỡng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

oligotrophic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑलिगोट्रॉफिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oligotropik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oligotrofico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oligotroficzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оліготрофні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oligotrofe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ολιγοτροφικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oligotrofiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oligotrof
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oligotrofe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oligotrophic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIGOTROPHIC»

The term «oligotrophic» is regularly used and occupies the 75.585 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIGOTROPHIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oligotrophic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLIGOTROPHIC»

Discover the use of oligotrophic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oligotrophic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bacteria in Oligotrophic Environments: Starvation-survival ...
Providing over 2000 references, this is the first book to examine the ecological and physiological consequences of oligotrophy (a lack of energy to support microbial growth) on microbes in their environment.
‎1997
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Environmental Science: The Way the World Works
UPSETTING THE BALANCE BY NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT The Oligotrophic Condition Natural bodies of water, where their watershed has been undisturbed by human activities, are generally oligotrophic, meaning the water is nutrient- poor.
Bernard J. Nebel, Richard T. Wright, 1993
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Ecosystems of the Deep Oceans
Oligotrophic scavenger aggregations differ markedly from those from eutrophic slope habitats in a number of intriguing ways. Oligotrophic aggregations are comprised of relatively few species of fast swimmers (mostly amphipods and rattails), ...
P.A. Tyler, 2003
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Nutrient and Biotic Alterations Associated with Myriophyllum ...
Since Myriophyllum spicatum forms dense beds able to exceed 300 stems/m2 in Lake George (unpublished data), an oligotrophic lake, it has the ability to change the substrate to a fine flocculent sediment. The dense bed inhibits resuspension ...
Mark W. Swinton, 2008
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Primary Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Sea
Platt and Harrison (1985) proposed a hyperbolic model for the computation of / from nitrate concentrations at low levels of ammonium and showed that it worked well for the oligotrophic Sargasso Sea near Bermuda. However, that model failed  ...
Paul G. Falkowski, Avril D. Woodhead, 1992
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River Plants of Western Europe: The Macrophytic Vegetation ...
Direct western influence is somewhat overridden by the different historical phase occurring in Ireland. Direct northern influence is similarly distorted by the oligotrophic habitats of south Norway. The variation described here is thus somewhat ...
S. M. Haslam, 1987
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Adaptations of the Bacterial Flywheel for Optimal Mineral ...
Abstract Nutrient cycling in a subarctic oligotrophic lake was explored using current kinetic theory for organisms adapted to low nutrient environments with emphasis on bacterial contributions to system function. Techniques were refined which ...
Elizabeth S. Gustafson, 2008
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The Biogeography of the Oceans
This fact, in the opinion of some researchers (Millar, 1958; Koltun, 1970), can restrict the distribution in oceanic depths of species not capable of surviving on soft sediments. In oligotrophic areas nodules are also present on the slopes and tops ...
‎1997
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The Ecophysiology of Plant-Phosphorus Interactions
Species Nutrient status Acorus calamus L. Eutrophic Alisma lanceolatum With Eutrophic Alisma plantago-aquatica L. Eutrophic Apium inundatum L. Oligotrophic Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag. Mesotrophic to eutrophic Berula erecta ( Huds.) ...
Philip J. White, John Hammond, 2008
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Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications
Trophic state is generally signified by the terms oligotrophic, mesotrophic and eutrophic. Oligo means “few,” trophic means “foods,” eutrophic means “many foods,” and mesotrophic falls between these two categories. The three categories are ...
Walter K. Dodds, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLIGOTROPHIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oligotrophic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Co-occurring Synechococcus ecotypes occupy four major oceanic …
Clades I and IV were prevalent in colder, mesotrophic waters; clades II, III and X dominated in the warm, oligotrophic open ocean; clades CRD1 ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Let's get Outdoors, Petoskey! Michigan underwater
If you decide to dive Superior, however, make sure you slap on a wet or dry suit because a lake known as, “the most oligotrophic in the world” ... «Petoskey News-Review, Jul 15»
3
Shifts in bacterial community composition associated with increased …
Spatiotemporal distributions of rare bacterioplankton populations indicate adaptive strategies in the oligotrophic ocean. Aquat Microb Ecol 71: ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Impact of ocean acidification on the structure of future phytoplankton …
The increasingly oligotrophic conditions favoured picophytoplankton, leading to a modest change in functional diversity (Fig. 4a). However, the dominant ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
5
The Arctic fresh water virome
Fresh waters in high latitudes such as the Arctic and Antarctic have low levels of nutrients (e.g. are oligotrophic) and support the growth mainly ... «Watching the Watchers.org, Jul 15»
6
A global model for preservation
Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeast base of the Adirondack ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
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Genomic potential for arsenic efflux and methylation varies among …
The globally significant picocyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the main primary producer in oligotrophic subtropical gyres. When phosphate ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Ecophysiology of an uncultivated lineage of Aigarchaeota from an …
Moreover, C. aerorheumensis is likely oligotrophic and may not respond to high concentrations of C sources and/or vitamins. Top of page ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Do macroalgae habitats help sustain fish populations in the …
We know that most coastal ecosystems in the Mediterranean are oligotrophic, meaning that there are very few nutrients in the water and ... «Cordis News, Jun 15»
10
Glacial Runoff: Bane or Boon for Aquatic Life?
These clear lakes, called oligotrophic lakes, can support plankton and small fish, but do not have many aquatic plants. Eventually, if nutrients ... «GlacierHub, Jun 15»

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