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oligosaprobic
1. A reference to polluted habitats having a high oxygen concentration, low levels of dissolved organic matter, and a low level of organic decomposition.
2. That part of a stream that is slightly polluted with organic wastes and contains the mineralized products of self-purification from organic pollution, but with none of the organic pollution remaining.
This entry is located in the following units: olig-, oligo- (page 8) sapro-, sapr-, sap- + (page 1)