From Frustule
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Literally, well nourished; water bodies that have high levels of dissolved nutrients (esp. N and P) and high levels of organic production; in lakes, often shallower with a broad littoral zone, depleted summer hypolimnetic oxygen, and reduced transparency.
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References
- Wehr, J.D. & Sheath, R.G. (Eds.) 2003. Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification, Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 950 pp.
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