different between lacustrine vs fluvic

English

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??k?st??n/, /-a?n/

Adjective

lacustrine (comparative more lacustrine, superlative most lacustrine)

1. Of or relating to lakes.
   • 1982, R. H. Lowe-McConnell, Tilapias in Fish Communities, Roger S. V. Pullin, R. H. Lowe-McConnell (editors), The Biology and Culture of Tilapias: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Biology and Culture of Tilapias, 2-5 September 1980, page 112,

     […] has some of these features, such as brooding one brood a year (which suggests that this species may have evolved under more lacustrine conditions).

   • 1986, M. O. Woodburne, C. R. Campbell, T. H. V. Rich, N. S. Pledge, 5: Geology, Stratigraphy, Paleoecology, Michael O. Woodburne, W. A Clemens (Editors), Revision of the Ektopodontidae (Mammalia, Marsupialia, Phalangeroidea) of the Australian Neogene, University of California Geological Publications, Volume 131, page 75,

     This apparently reflects a general change from a more lacustrine environment in the lower member to a more fluviatile setting in the upper.

   • 2014, David Blackwell, Richard Smith, Maria Richards, Dixie Valley Synthesis, page 21,

     It covers all of the DVGD^{[Dixie Valley Geothermal District]} and is more lacustrine in nature than the other valley-fill layers.

   • 2020: "Redbands" by James Pogue, California Fly Fisher

     Goose Lake is one of the many wide lakes of the Great Basin where water that has no outlet to a major river, much less to the ocean, pools in shallow wetlands that are major homes for migrating waterfowl and all sorts of lacustrine life, from tiny shrimp to redband trout.

Translations

See also

• fluvial, fluviatile

Anagrams

• intracules, rutilances

English

Adjective

fluvic (not comparable)

1. (geology, of soil) Of fluviatile, marine or lacustrine origin.
2. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to fluvic acid.

Anagrams

• fulvic