used to describe clean, relatively unproductive lakes and estuaries having low levels of plant nutrients and algae with high water clarity and dissolved oxygen
An oligotrophic lake or reservoir is low in nutrients and organic productivity Oligotrophic lakes are usually deep, with nutrient poor sediments, few macrophytes and large amounts of dissolved oxygen
Term applied to a body of water low in nutrients and in productivity Mirror Lake is oligotrophic
refers to a lake that has a low supply of nutrients Oligotrophic lakes have low productivity as a result
A lake condition characterized by a low supply of nutrients and consequent support of very little organic production Dissolved oxygen is present at or near saturation throughout such lakes during all seasons of the year Characteristic of waters that are poor in dissolved inorganic or mineral nutrient materials
from the Greek for "poorly nourished" Describes a lake with low plant growth and high clarity Oligotrophic lakes contain little organic matter and have high dissolved oxygen content Organic compound - naturally occurring (animal or plant-produced or synthetic) substances containing mainly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen
{s} characterized by malnutrition, of or pertaining to inadequate nutrition; (of a body of water) lacking plant nutritious substances and high oxygen content in the deeper parts (Ecology)