Biology
- #95 Rice Adaptation For Growing With Its Roots Submerged In Water
There are many varieties of rice and they differ in their water requirements. Most of the rice in south-east Asia is grown in unusual conditions for a cereal plant. It is grown partly submerged in water in paddy fields. The fields are flooded and then...
- Eutrophication
Term: eutrophicationLiterally meaning: ?well-nourished?Origin: Anc Greek+ ?????/trophe(=food, nourishment ) > ?????/drepo(=gather) ??-/ eu-(=prefix meaning "well?, ?good?, ?easy?, ?right?)Coined/History In 1919 Swedish limnologist Einar Christian...
- Geophyte
Term: geophyte Literally meaning: ?earth plant? Origin: Anc Greek????/gea(=earth)????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate) Coined/Historyby Danish botanist Christien Raunkiaer (1860 ?1938) DefinitionGeophyte is a perennial plant, with its perennating...
- Phanerophyte
Term: phanerophyteLiterally meaning: ?visible plant?Origin: Anc Greek?????/pheno(=be visible, or obvious, show)????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate)Coined/History(?)DefinitionPhanerophyte is any perennial(woody) plant with its perennating buds...
- Sporophyte
Term: sporophyteOrigin: Anc Greek ??????(=seed) > (=sow,) ????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate)literally means "spore-bearing» note: the name of the classical Greek city ??????/Sparta is derived also from word ??????/spearo (=disperse)...
Biology
periphyton
Term: periphyton
Literally meaning: ?planted all over?
Origin: Anc Greek
????-/peri- (=combining form meaning ?around?)
+ ?????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate, grow)
Coined/History
Although the term is used in general for all aquatic organisms on any submerged substrate the word ?periphyton? was initially coined by Russian biologists, concerning assemblages of microorganisms that grew to artificial substrates in water.
Definition
Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae and heterotrophic microorganisms that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems. Periphyton is providing food for invertebrates.
- #95 Rice Adaptation For Growing With Its Roots Submerged In Water
There are many varieties of rice and they differ in their water requirements. Most of the rice in south-east Asia is grown in unusual conditions for a cereal plant. It is grown partly submerged in water in paddy fields. The fields are flooded and then...
- Eutrophication
Term: eutrophicationLiterally meaning: ?well-nourished?Origin: Anc Greek+ ?????/trophe(=food, nourishment ) > ?????/drepo(=gather) ??-/ eu-(=prefix meaning "well?, ?good?, ?easy?, ?right?)Coined/History In 1919 Swedish limnologist Einar Christian...
- Geophyte
Term: geophyte Literally meaning: ?earth plant? Origin: Anc Greek????/gea(=earth)????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate) Coined/Historyby Danish botanist Christien Raunkiaer (1860 ?1938) DefinitionGeophyte is a perennial plant, with its perennating...
- Phanerophyte
Term: phanerophyteLiterally meaning: ?visible plant?Origin: Anc Greek?????/pheno(=be visible, or obvious, show)????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate)Coined/History(?)DefinitionPhanerophyte is any perennial(woody) plant with its perennating buds...
- Sporophyte
Term: sporophyteOrigin: Anc Greek ??????(=seed) > (=sow,) ????/phyto(=plant) > ???/phyo(=germinate)literally means "spore-bearing» note: the name of the classical Greek city ??????/Sparta is derived also from word ??????/spearo (=disperse)...