MEROMICTIC LAKE

A lake in which some water remains partly or wholly unmixed with the main water mass at circulation periods. The process leading to a meromictic state is called Meromixts. The perennially stagnant deep layer of a meromictic lake is the Monimolimnion. The part of the meromictic lake in which free circulation can occur is the Mixolimnion. The boundary between the monimolimnion and the mixolimnion is the Chemocline. Compare to Dimictic Lake.