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lotic

(lō′tĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or living in moving water.

lotic

of or relating to an aquatic environment where there is fast moving water. Compare LENTIC.
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The spatial variation of zooplankton community, over a hydrological cycle, evidenced higher values of species richness in lotic environments, where the occurrence of non-planktonic species is favored by the high current flow.
Spatial variations in the zooplankton community from the Corumba Reservoir, Goias State, in distinct hydrological periods/ Variacoes espaciais da comunidade zooplanctonica no reservatorio de Corumba (Estado de Goias), em distintos periodos hidrologicos
In part its infrequency may be the product of the relatively minimal collection effort expended in lentic environments and thus possibly an artifact of sampling bias toward lotic localities.
The unionid mussels (mollusca: bivalvia: unionidae) of the Big Blue River Basin of northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska
This is the first introduction of the round goby into a lotic system with more species richness than many streams in the northeastern United States and provides an opportunity to give valuable insight to putative consequences of the round goby on native benthic fauna.
Documentation of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in the Diet of Round Gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) within the French Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania
Thus, this research indicates that the creation of dams, even when small, can significantly affect the richness and abundance of fish species from small lotic systems, such as streams, by modifying their environments.
Influence of an artificial dam on the fish assemblage of a Neotropical stream/Influencia de um reservatorio artificial na assembleia de peixes de um riacho Neotropical
Flow refugia and the microdistribution of lotic macroinvertebrates.
Macroinvertebrate community response to a spate disturbance in a third order Ohio stream
(1996) developed a DSS called AQUATOOL, which is an interface for editing, simulating, reviewing and analyzing basin management simulation models, including a lentic and lotic water quality simulation module, that is widely used in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America (Paredes-Arquiola et al., 2010a, 2010b; Nakamura, 2010; Sulis & Sechi, 2013).The GESCAL and SIMGES modules are intercon-nected, sharing georeferenced quality and quantity data through a graphical interface (Paredes-Arquiola et al., 2010a).
Modelacion integrada de cantidad y calidad del agua en la cuenca del Rio Araguari, Brasil
Population ecotoxicology of the common snapping turtle in agriculturally impacted lotic ecosystems.
Longitudinal structuring of turtle assemblages in an altered river in Central Illinois, USA: implications for conservation
argentinum populations studied can be attributed to conditions present in lotic (channel) and lentic (lake) environments.
Some aspects of the reproductive biology of two populations of Musculium argentinum (d'Orbigny, 1835) (bivalvia: sphaeriidae) from Southern Chile
The longitudinal variability in ecological conditions in streams is due to stream size (headwaters, medium-sized streams, and large rivers), as is the attendant variability in the structural and functional attributes of lotic insect communities (Vannote et al., 1980; Ward, 1992).
Influence of environmental factors on the distribution of caddisfly (Trichoptera) communities in medium-sized lowland streams in Latvia/Keskkonnatingimuste moju ehmestiivaliste (Trichoptera) koosluste levikule Lati keskmise suurusega madalikujogedes
Fifteen species belonging to thirteen genera, and five families were identified from the lentic and lotic water bodies of Suleman mountain range, Dera Ghazi Khan Region.
Fish Diversity of Fresh Water Bodies of Suleman Mountain Range, Dera Ghazi Khan Region, Pakistan
seckti, which are concentrated in the lotic segments of the reservoir (Hahn et al.
Colonization of hydroelectric reservoirs in Brazil by freshwater sponges, with special attention on Itaipu/Colonizacion de reservorios de plantas hidroelectricas en Brasil por esponjas de agua dulce, con enfasis en el de Itaipu/Colonizacao de reservatorios de hidroeletricas no Brasil por esponjas de agua doce, com destaque para o de Itaipu
The sixty-three samples analyzed and statistically treated for periphyton richness and abundance were grouped by two ecosystem typology: lentic and lotic (Table 1).
Evaluation of sampling methods for periphytic fauna in macrophytes at the Espinhaco Mountain Range Biosphere Reserve, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
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