metalimneticadj.
/ˌmɛtəlɪmˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdəˌlɪmˈnɛdɪk/ Limnology.
Of or relating to the metalimnion; situated or occurring in the metalimnion.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective] > stratification according to temperature
stratified1835
hypolimnetic1928
hypolimnial1940
metalimnetic1941
oligomictic1956
polymictic1956
metalimnic1972
1941 Ecol. Monogr. 11 42/2 Apart from the extraordinary metalimnetic maximum of manganese in Ranu Klundungan in Java, Ruttner (1931) has recorded smaller maxima in intermediate water not unlike those recorded above.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. vii. 447 In the former case, the 15-m. depth was evidently ordinarily epilimnetic, in the latter case metalimnetic.
1976 Jrnl. Ecol. 64 531 Wind-induced turbulence was sufficient to enlarge the volume of the epilimnion by compressing or depressing the metalimnetic zone.
1993 Jrnl. Plankton Res. 15 1019 Gas-vacuolate filaments of Oscillatoria agradhii form a metalimnetic layer in Deming Lake, Minnesota.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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