adjective · academic
trophic
UK/ˈtrɒfɪk/US/ˈtrɑːfɪk/TRO·phic
Band 7+task2speaking
relating to feeding or nutrition in ecological food chains (as in 'trophic level')
Examples
“Changes at one trophic level can cascade to others.”
“Overfishing alters trophic relationships in marine communities.”
“Trophic dynamics are central to understanding ecosystem function.”
Band 8 sentence
“Disruptions at one trophic level often produce a trophic cascade that reshapes the whole community.”
Collocations
- trophic level
- trophic cascade
Word family
trophic level noun phrasetrophically adv
Common mistakes
trophic level is high→the trophic level is high
nutritional level→trophic level
Say it for a higher band
5feeding level→6nutritional→7+trophic
Synonyms
nutritional (in general use)
Easily confused
nutritional
“The nutritional value of the meal was surprisingly high.”
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