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trophic
1[trof-ik, troh-fik]
adjective
of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
-trophic
2a combining form with the meanings “having nutritional habits or requirements†of the kind specified by the initial element (autotrophic ), “affecting the activity of, maintaining†that specified (gonadotrophic ) (in this sense often interchangeable with-tropic ); also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -troph or -trophy (hypertrophic ).
trophic
/ ˈ³Ù°ùÉ’´Úɪ°ì /
adjective
of or relating to nutrition
the trophic levels of a food chain
trophic
Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- trophically adverb
- ˈ³Ù°ù´Ç±è³ó¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of trophic1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of trophic1
Example Sentences
Investigations on phytoplankton are hereby most crucial, since changes at the basis of the food web can impact all higher trophic levels, all the way up to fisheries.
The wolves’ return and predatory dominance was believed to have had a widespread effect known as a trophic cascade, by decreasing grazing and restoring and expanding forests, grasses and other wildlife.
"Dogs can contribute to the extinction of vertebrate species, can imbalance the trophic dynamics amongst predator guilds and even have the potential to collapse entire ecological communities," he continues.
"The displacement of various shark species due to killer whale presence may have implications for mesopredator release and potential trophic changes in the marine ecosystem."
The researchers set out to study both biodiversity -- plants, insects, vertebrates -- and changes in how food webs function -- biomass, trophic structure, energy fluxes.
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When To Use
The combining form -trophic is used like a suffix for a variety of meanings, including "having nutritional habits or requirements." In other words, the sense of -trophic specifies how an organism gets its nutrition or how it feeds.The combining form -trophic is also used as an adjective form of nouns ending with -troph or -trophy. In some cases, -trophic means "affecting the activity of, maintaining." In this sense, it is often synonymous with -tropic.The combining form -trophic is often used in scientific terms, especially in biology and anatomy. It comes from the Greek ³Ù°ù´Ç±è³ó¾±°ìó²õ, meaning “pertaining to food.â€Corresponding forms of -trophic combined to the beginning of words are tropho- and troph-.Want to know more? Read our 51³Ô¹Ïs That Use -troph, -trophy, tropho-, and troph- articles.
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