intralacustrine

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adjective

Occurring entirely within a certain lake. Usually applied to speciation.

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Meanings

adjectiveintralacustrine (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesciencesOccurring entirely within a certain lake. Usually applied to speciation.

    2016, Lucek, K., Kristjánsson, B. K., Skúlason S., & Seehausen O. Ecosystem size matters: the dimensionality of intralacustrine diversification in Icelandic stickleback is predicted by lake size. Ecology and Evolution, 6(15), 5256–5272

Origin

From intra- + lacustrine.

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