brownification

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noun

Browning; especially the browning of lakes and streams due to increased dissolved humic material.

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Meanings

nounbrownification (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBrowning; especially the browning of lakes and streams due to increased dissolved humic material.

    Using a multi-seasonal, low trophic state mesocosm experiment, we investigated how higher water temperature and brownification affect plankton community composition, phenology, and functioning.

    2015 October 14, “Increasing Water Temperature Triggers Dominance of Small Freshwater Plankton”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From brown + -ification.

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Chicago

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