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On the other hand, readily biodegradable hydrocarbons can increase population densities by providing carbon and energy for growth to microorganisms otherwise inoligotrophicenvironments.
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Inoligotrophicwaters, autogenic parasite species (see above) dominate.
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Finally, the microenvironment created by the sheep dung could favour seed establishment in environments with limited nutrients, such as thisoligotrophicshrubland.
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The differences amongoligotrophicand eutrophic environments show that nutrient cycling and its use are different.
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Concentrations of the main mineral nutrients were lower in fresh litter on the veryoligotrophicsandstone soils than on shale.
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A number of forest processes and features appear to be advantageous in theseoligotrophicconditions.
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The heterotrophic bacteria population of both soils clearly have only a limited ability to grow under the strictoligotrophicconditions imposed.
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Our results indicate that the distribution of humus on the plot is mainly related to the poorer phytochemical quality and slower decomposition of litter on the moreoligotrophicsandstone soils.
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The plants evolved to digest insects due to theoligotrophic(low level of nutrients) soil of the tepui.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They can be particularly abundant inoligotrophicconditions where they were found to be 24% of the community.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Habitats include lowlandoligotrophiclakes (loughs) and oceanic oak woodland.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Perch do not perform well in cold, deep,oligotrophiclakes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Numerous studies have linked lower mercury concentrations in zooplankton found in eutrophic (nutrient-rich and highly productive) as compared tooligotrophic(low nutrient) aquatic environments.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The biodiversity of the phytoplankton is poor and its biomass is low, thus the lake's trophic level ranges fromoligotrophicto mesotrophic.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These areas are described asoligotrophicand exhibit low surface chlorophyll.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lake has an unusually low watershed-to-lake ratio, and is consideredoligotrophic, meaning it is low in nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its composition is dominated by mesotrophic (bridge) swamps and to a lesser extentoligotrophic.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Habitats are usually characterized asoligotrophicand having low turbidity.
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