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lotic, a. Ecol.|ˈləʊtɪk|
[f. L. lōtus washing (Needham & Lloyd Life of Inland Waters (1916) vi. 315).]
Of fresh-water organisms or habitats, situated in rapidly moving water. Cf. lenitic a.
1916Needham & Lloyd Life Inland Waters vi. 363 The animals of lotic societies are mainly small invertebrates. 1931R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. xvii. 347 Along the shores of the Great Lakes there are lotic communities where the wave action is incessant, thus producing the fundamental conditions of a lotic environment and presenting an exception to the general statement that all lotic environments are streams. 1970F. J. & W. B. Vernberg Animal & Environment ii. 44 Fresh-water systems are generally divided into two groups based on the activity or rate of movement of the water: (1) standing quiet (lentic) waters..; and (2) flowing (lotic) waters. |