Tuesday 17th May 2016
Trophic \ [trof-ik, troh-fik]
adjective
1. of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
Quote
Filter feeding organisms are vital components of marine food webs, and their
demise could mean severe threats to numerous trophic levels, and perhaps to the
humans who rely on these species as a source of food. Carla Safina and Jessica Perelman, "Pesky plastic: The true harm of microplastics in
the oceans,"National Geographic April 4, 2016
Origin
Trophic finds its roots in the Greek trophikós meaning "pertaining to food." It entered English in the late 1800’s.
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