lampenfloraとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From German Lampenflora (字義どおりに “lamp flora”).

名詞

lampenflora (usually uncountable, 複数形 lampenfloras)

1. The growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.
   • 2015, Annette Summers Engel, Microbial Life of Cave Systems:

     Cave invertebrates frequently graze on lampenflora. At many sites in caves, abundant lampenflora is found at higher photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), longer illumination periods, higher humidity, active seeps, and a presence of sediment.