单词 | tripton |
释义 | triptonn. Biology and Oceanography. The non-living part of the fine particulate matter suspended in water. Cf. seston n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [noun] > tripton tripton1931 1931 R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. xvi. 325 The dry organic matter has been selected as the measure because it eliminates a large amount of detritus (‘Tripton’ of Wilhelmi, 1917). 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xvii. 897 The phytoplankton, or possibly bacteria associated with organic tripton, produce a good supply of thiamin. 1978 Nature 21 Sept. 194/1 As spring and summer pass, decaying organic matter (tripton) from the overlying water accumulates on or near the chemocline where its continued decomposition removed any dissolved oxygen from the overlying water mass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1931 |
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