lampenflora
See also: Lampenflora
English
Alternative forms
- Lampenflora
Etymology
From German Lampenflora (literally “lamp flora”), from Lampen+Flora
Noun
lampenflora (usually uncountable, plural lampenfloras)
- The growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.
- Synonym: lamp flora
- 2015, Annette Summers Engel, Microbial Life of Cave Systems:
- Cave invertebrates frequently graze on lampenflora. At many sites in caves, abundant lampenflora is found at higher photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), longer illumination periods, higher humidity, active seeps, and a presence of sediment.
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