PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
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Oxygen is used up as algae is decomposed, reducing the amount available to other organisms.
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The water becomes better able to support aerobic organisms.
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The algae provide food for fishes and other organisms, leading to decreased algae populations.
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The extra nitrogen provides additional food for the other organisms, increasing their population.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eutrophication in most water bodies is an important environmental problem. It is caused by increasing nutrient loading associated to urban, industrial and agricultural activities. Eutrophication is associated to accelerated growth of phytoplankton (algal blooms).
Detailed explanation-2: -Nutrient pollution is the process where too many nutrients, mainly nitrogen and phosphorus, are added to bodies of water and can act like fertilizer, causing excessive growth of algae. Nutrients can run off of land in urban areas where lawn and garden fertilizers are used.
Detailed explanation-3: -Harmful algal blooms, dead zones, and fish kills are the results of a process called eutrophication-which occurs when the environment becomes enriched with nutrients, increasing the amount of plant and algae growth to estuaries and coastal waters.
Detailed explanation-4: -Algal blooms are the result of a nutrient, like nitrogen or phosphorus from various sources (for example fertilizer runoff or other forms of nutrient pollution), entering the aquatic system and causing excessive growth of algae. An algal bloom affects the whole ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-5: -When fertilizers run off farmland into streams and ponds, the nitrogen content of the water increases. This can lead to rapid growth of algae in a process called eutrophication.