minerotrophyn.
/ˌmɪnəˈrɒtrəfi/, U.S. /ˌmɪnəˈrɑtrəfi/ Ecology and Soil Science.
The condition of being minerotrophic; the degree to which an environment is minerotrophic.
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1963 Ecology 44 222/1 The Russians use a sequence of oligotrophy to eutrophy for arranging their plant communities. Ruuhijärvi adds the additional gradients of ombrotrophy to minerotrophy and bog center to bog edge.
1980 Ecol. Monogr. 40 248/1 The degree of minerotrophy depends not only on proximity to margins, but also on the direction of the water-table slopes and on the sources of the waters reaching given sites.
1990 Jrnl. Ecol. 69 588 Within fen waters the concurrent rise in conductivity and pH betokens strongly increasing minerotrophy.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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