Mesotrophic definition
Mesotrophic means water moderately enriched with plant nutrients and with moderate biological productivity characterized by intermittent blooms of algae or small areas of macrophyte beds.
Mesotrophic means a trophic status characterized by moderate algal productivity, oxygen depletion in the
Mesotrophic means a trophic status characterized by moderate algal productivity, oxygen depletion in the bottom waters, usually no recreational use impairment, summer chlorophyll a concentration averaging 4-10 micrograms/liter, a summer Secchi depth of 2-5 meters, and a winter total phosphorus concentrations ranging from 10-20 micrograms/liter.
Examples of Mesotrophic in a sentence
Mesotrophic – reservoirs and lakes which contain moderate quantities of nutrients and are moderately productive in terms of aquatic animal and plant life.