mesolimnion

English

Etymology

From meso- +‎ -limnion.

Noun

mesolimnion (plural mesolimnions)

1. The layer of a lake between the monimolimnion and mixolimnion.
   • 2016 January 7, “Distribution of Dehalococcoidia in the Anaerobic Deep Water of a Remote Meromictic Crater Lake and Detection of Dehalococcoidia -Derived Reductive Dehalogenase Homologous Genes”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Mixolimnion and monimolimnion are separated by a third layer called mesolimnion which is characterized by sharp gradients of dissolved Fe and salinity.