pelophilousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

pelophilous (comparative more pelophilous, superlative most pelophilous)

1. (biology) Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.
   • 1913, Gerald O. Case, The Use of Vegetation for Reclaiming Tidal Lands, page ii:

     The hallophitic communities are divided into those that are psammaphilous, pelophilous, and helophilous, according as the substratum consists respectively of sand, of mud, or of swamp.

   • 2007, Bernhard A. Huber, ‎Bradley J. Sinclair, ‎Karl-Heinz Lampe, African Biodiversity, page 43:

     Pelophilous species burrow in sandy loam and clay soils, and display ecomorphological adaptations to assist with loosening these compacted substrata.

   • 2012, Pilar Rodriguez, ‎Piet F.M. Verdonschot, Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII, page 225:

     Thus, two major ecological groupings are evident: the pelophilous group preferring soft sediments with slow current (strongly dominated by L. hoffmeisteri), and the psammophilous group inhabiting harder sediments with faster current (P. barbatus かつ others).

   • 2013, Norbert Wolnomiejski, ‎Zbigniew Witek, The Szczecin Lagoon Ecosystem:

     Over the entrie 5-year period of the present study (1998-2002), the pelophilous macrofauna showed a moderate biomass, similar to that in 1975/76 and 1987-1992.