saprobial, a. Ecol.
(səˈprəʊbɪəl)
[f. saprobic a. + -ial.]
Serving as a measure of saprobity.
| 1965 Hydrobiologia XXV. 523 The secondarily introduced methods of statistical calculation and expression of saprobial indices may only pretend an exact mathematical basis. 1970 J. Schwoerbel Methods Hydrobiol. vii. 155 The saprobial valency is better characterized than the allotment to a single zone of the saprobic system. |