a plant (typically aquatic) which is visible to the naked eye
macrophyte in American English
(ˈmækrəˌfait)
noun
Botany
a plant, esp. a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye
Word origin
[1905–10; macro- + -phyte]
Examples of 'macrophyte' in a sentence
macrophyte
Two separate phases in macrophyte colonization with differences in invertebrate composition and abundance were recorded.
Krajina Ivanka Orkić, Bogut Irella, Čerba Dubravka, Popović Željko, Agić IvančicaJurčević 2017, 'Phytophilous Fauna of a Small and Artificial Urban Lake', Croatian Journal of Fisherieshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cjf.2017.75.issue-2/cjf-2017-0008/cjf-2017-0008.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
During macrophyte growth we estimated the coverage (%) and biomass variation of plants.
Edélti Faria Albertoni, Cleber Palma-Silva, Claudio Rossano Trindade Trindade, LeonardoMarques Furlanetto 2014, 'Field evidence of the influence of aquatic macrophytes on water quality in a shalloweutrophic lake over a 13-year period', Acta Limnologica Brasiliensiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2014000200008&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This macrophyte produces chemical substances that negatively affect some phytoplankton species.
Cristian A. Espinosa-Rodríguez, Ligia Rivera-De la Parra, Aurora Martínez-Téllez,Gisela C. Gómez-Cabral, S.S.S. Sarma, Sarma Nandini 2016, 'Allelopathic interactions between the macrophyte Egeria densa and plankton (alga,Scenedesmus acutus and cladocerans, Simocephalus spp.): a laboratory study', Journal of Limnologyhttp://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1397. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, 17 aquatic macrophyte species were identified.
Antônio dos Santos Junior, Marco de Barros Costacurta 2011, 'Dinâmica da composição e cobertura de espécies de macrófitas aquáticas e a escolhade indicadores de impacto ambiental em um rio com ecoturismo Composition and coveragedynamics of aquatic macrophytes species and the choose of environmental impact indicatorsin a river with ecotourism tour', Ambiênciahttp://revistas.unicentro.br/index.php/ambiencia/article/view/1387/1333. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The diversity of macrophyte species was seasonally varied.
Bayraktar V. N., Polukarova L .A. 2012, 'MONITORING OF HYDROCHEMICAL INDICES AND STATE OF PHYTOCENOSES IN LITTORAL AQUATORIESOF TILIGUL ESTUARY', Bìologìčnij Vìsnik Melìtopolʹsʹkogo Deržavnogo Pedagogìčnogo Universitetu Imenì BogdanaHmelʹnicʹkogohttp://www.nbuv.gov.ua/portal/Chem_Biol/Bvmdpu/2012_1/bayractar.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Under these conditions, control measures are required aiming to reduce the size of macrophyte populations.
A.T. Martins, R.A. Pitelli 2005, 'Efeitos do manejo de Eichhornia crassipes sobre a qualidade da água em condições demesocosmos Effects of waterhyacynth management on water quality under mesocosmic conditions',Planta Daninhahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83582005000200009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Few studies have investigated the colonization of macroinvertebrates during macrophyte decomposition.
João Ânderson Fulan, Marcelo Rodrigues dos Anjos 2015, 'Colonization by Chironomidae larvae in decomposition of Eichhornia azurea(Swartz) Kunth in an Amazonian lake in Brazil', Acta Scientiarum : Biological Scienceshttp://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/28238. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Differences in macrophyte composition, kind of sediments, transparency and habitats were also identified.
Welber Senteio Smith, Evaldo Luis Gaeta Espíndola, Odete Rocha 2014, 'Environmental gradient in reservoirs of the medium and low Tietê River: limnologicaldifferences through the habitat sequence', Acta Limnologica Brasiliensiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2014000100009&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Scrapers had the highest abundance in the macrophyte-dominated regions.
Zhixin Hu, Xu Sun, Yongjiu Cai, Liyun Guo, Qiankun Chen, Tao Liu, Fei Shi, LiuyanYang 2016, 'The habitat type and trophic state determine benthic macroinvertebrate communitiesin lowland shallow lakes of China', Journal of Limnologyhttp://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1220. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)