Example Sentences for desuetude. 1  The laws against heresy have fallen into desuetude in England, but while they lasted they were simply ferocious. 2  This fashion, Germans inform you, is falling into desuetude; but it falls slowly. 3  This custom was kept up until early in this century, when it fell into desuetude.
Eutrophication (Greek: eutrophia (from eu well + trephein nourish.); German: Eutrophie), or more precisely hypertrophication, is the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.
Mechanism of eutrophication[edit] Eutrophication arises from the oversupply of nutrients, which induces explosive growth of plants and algae. When such organisms die, they consume the oxygen in the body of water, thereby creating the state of hypoxia. According to Ullmann's Encyclopedia, the primary limiting factor for eutrophication is phosphate..