FromLatinlotus, past participle oflavare(“to wash”), +-ic.
lotic (comparativemorelotic,superlativemostlotic)
- Characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
- Coordinate terms:lentic,riparian
- Hyponyms:estuarine,fluvial,riverine
- Hypernyms:aquatic,limnic
1981, M. G. Tesmer, D. R. Wefring, “Annual Macroinvertebrate Sampling - A Low-cost Tool for Ecological Assessment of Effluent Impact”, in J. M. Bates, C. I. Weber, editors,Ecological Assessments of Effluent Impacts on Communities of Indigenous Aquatic Organisms,page268:This particular area is subject to the transition from a morelotic environment to the lentic environment existing in the pool area.
2000, Robert T. Dillon,The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs,page26:Turning now to morelotic environments, Norelius (1967) and Bronmark and Malmqvist (1982) have studied populations ofAnodonta anita andUnio pictorum inhabiting Swedish lake outlets.
- 2003, J. Kolding, B. Musando, N. Songore,Inshore Fishing and Fish Population Changes in Lake Kariba, Eyolf Jul-Larsen (editor),Management, co-management or no management?: major dilemmas in southern African freshwater fisheries, 2: Case studies,page 71,
- The rheophilic species,Chiloglanis neumanii,Opsaridium zambezense (and possibly alsoLeptoglanis rotundiceps) are now confined to the tributaries or the two morelotic western basins (Balon, 1974a, 1974b).
2009, Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson,Rivers of Europe,unnumbered page:Among the main tributaries of the French Rhône River (Arve, Guiers, Ain, Saône, Isère, Eyrieux, Drôme, Ardeche, Durance, Gard), Berahou (1993) considered the lower Ain as one of the mostlotic.
- (biology) Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water.
1975, J. G. Needham,A Manual of the Dragonflies of North America,page94:The stream-dwelling species are among the mostlotic of anisopterous dragonflies.
1986, Ronald Rossmann, editor,Impact of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant,page244:Waugoshance point is an ideal consolidated substrate, wave zone habitat, and this was evidenced by the morelotic benthic fauna found there.
2006, Timothy D. Schowalter,Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach,page43:Very fewlotic insects are strong swimmers, probably because of the energy expenditure required to swim against a current.
living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water
