eutrophic
adjective
eu·tro·phic
yü-ˈtrō-fik 
of a body of water
: characterized by the state resulting from eutrophication compare mesotrophic, oligotrophic
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Lakes in Switzerland have become eutrophic—poor in oxygen due to excessive algal growth facilitated by agricultural runoff.
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Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
Because unrestored eutrophic lakes produce significant methane emissions, restoring lakes and recycling the sediments for agriculture could mean a net decrease in greenhouse gases reaching the atmosphere on an ecosystem scale, Kiani says.
—Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 2 May 2023
But by the 1990s, the lake’s eutrophic conditions were leading to mass die-offs of fish and birds.
—Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
The stated goal is to fix the 150-square-mile lake that has become a eutrophic soup filled with invasive organisms after a century of neglect.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
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Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024
Because unrestored eutrophic lakes produce significant methane emissions, restoring lakes and recycling the sediments for agriculture could mean a net decrease in greenhouse gases reaching the atmosphere on an ecosystem scale, Kiani says.
—Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 2 May 2023
But by the 1990s, the lake’s eutrophic conditions were leading to mass die-offs of fish and birds.
—Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
The stated goal is to fix the 150-square-mile lake that has become a eutrophic soup filled with invasive organisms after a century of neglect.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
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“Eutrophic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eutrophic. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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