This is a shallow, murky body of water that whose concentrations of plant nutrients cause excessive algal production.
Lake with a large or excessive supply of plant nutrients, mostly nitrates and phosphates. Compare mesotrophic lake, oligotrophic lake.
One that is high in nutrients. Water clarity is generally lower due to high amounts of plant growth, including phytoplankton.
A lake that has high concentrations of nutrients; often shallow with periods of low oxygen.
A nutrient-rich lake, usually shallow, green in color, and with limited oxygen in the bottom layer of water.
A eutrophic lake is shallow with high nutrient content. The phytoplankton are very productive and the waters are often murky. It means well- feeding, ecologist use the term to describe relatively productive habitats and communities having good nutrient supply and to separate them from unproductive oligotrophic ones, characterized by a nutrient deficiency.
