troph·ic

(trŏf′ĭk, trō′fĭk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to nutrition.

2. Ecology Of or involving the feeding habits or relationships of different organisms in a food chain or food web.

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trophic

(ˈtrɒfɪk)

adj

(Environmental Science) of or relating to nutrition: the trophic levels of a food chain.

[C19: from Greek trophikos, from trophē food, from trephein to feed]

ˈtrophically adv

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troph•ic

(ˈtrɒf ɪk, ˈtroʊ fɪk)

adj.

of or pertaining to nutrition; involving nutritive processes: a trophic disease.

[1870–75; < Greek trophikós pertaining to food. See tropho-, -ic]

troph′i•cal•ly, adv.

-trophic

a combining form with the meanings “deriving nourishment” from the source or in the manner specified (autotrophic; eutrophic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” that specified (thyrotrophic) (in this sense often interchangeable with -tropic); also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -troph or -trophy (hypertrophic).

[see trophic]

troph·ic

(trŏf′ĭk)

Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web: the trophic interactions between insects and mammals. ♦ A group of organisms occupying the same position in a food chain is called a trophic level.

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Adj.

trophic - of or relating to nutrition; "a trophic level on the food chain"

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troph·ic

a. trófico-a, rel. a la nutrición.

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Main researched areas investigated worldwide and in South America (number of papers = 242) with ISI indexed publications between 1980 and 2015 focusing on macrophytes through trophic interactions.

Aquatic macrophytes and trophic interactions: a scientometric analyses and research perspectives/Macrofitas aquaticas e interacoes troficas: analise cienciometrica e perspectivas nas pesquisas

Young aspens had been devastated and all but disappeared, courtesy of elk, in what is known as a trophic cascade--an ecological process that begins at the peak of the food chain and ripples downward.

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The IMTA system achieves sustainable aquaculture development by recycling aquaculture wastes such as food resources through co-cultivating the targeted species with others having different feeding habits at different trophic levels (Chopin et al., 2013; Neori et al., 2017).

Bio-mitigation based on integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in temperate coastal waters: practice, assessment, and challenges

Trophic structure of a floodplain fish assemblage in the upper Amazon basin, Bolivia

Estructura trofica de un ensamblaje de peces en la cuenca alto-Amazonica, Bolivia

We sought to better understand the trophic ecology of this shark in northern Peru by analyzing stomach contents.

Trophic ecology of the smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) off the coast of northern Peru

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Furthermore, they provide new insight to previous findings and form the basis for proposing the quality of the food stream is an important consideration when investigating the biotransfer of trace elements across trophic levels.

Uptake of dietary selenium by laboratory and field feeding Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

In the present work, we studied the composition of soil in 10 nematofauna wine stations to determine the end of generic and trophic diversity of terrestrial pests and explain the influence of some physicochemical soil factors on these nematode fluctuations.

Effect of The Edaphic Environment on The Diversity And Trophical Structure of The Nematodes of Algerian Viticultural Soils

Elton (1927) argued that the general constraint on food chain length may be largely related to the loss of energy in successive trophic levels due to low conversion efficiency in consumer species.

Revisiting the energetic efficiency hypothesis: body mass, metabolism, and food chain length

Garvey working on the organism level and Whiles on the ecosystem level, found that trophic ecology was the key concept that let them work together.

Trophic Ecology