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abiotic
(redirected from abiotically)

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a·bi·ot·ic  (b-tk)
adj.
Nonliving: The abiotic factors of the environment include light, temperature, and atmospheric gases.

abi·osis (-ss) n.
abi·otic·al·ly adv.

abiotic  (b-tk)
Not associated with or derived from living organisms. Abiotic factors in an environment include such items as sunlight, temperature, wind patterns, and precipitation. Compare biotic.

abiosis noun (b-ss)
Translations
abiotic [ˌeɪbaɪˈɒtɪk] ADJabiótico
abiotic
adj, abiotically
advabiotisch (spec), → unbelebt


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Kinetic studies on the chemical reactions and their constraints on the availability of electron donors (particularly hydrogen) would provide further information on the competition between abiotically and biologically-driven processes in this dynamic environment.
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Guindon and Miller (1995), however, did find growth rate differences among caged (not fed) southern flounder across abiotically similar oligohaline habitats in the Pamlico River.
 
 
 
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