NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Eutrophication is a process of increasing biomass generation in a water body caused by increasing concentrations of plant nutrients, most commonly phosphate and nitrate. Increasing nutrient concentrations lead to increasing growth of aquatic plants, both macrophytes and phytoplankton.

Detailed explanation-2: -An overabundance of nutrients-primarily nitrogen and phosphorus-in water starts a process called eutrophication. Algae feed on the nutrients, growing, spreading, and turning the water green. Algae blooms can smell bad, block sunlight, and even release toxins in some cases.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is eutrophication? Eutrophication is the process in which the water body becomes overly enriched with nutrients, leading to an increase in the production of algae and macrophytes. It deteriorates the water quality and depletes the dissolved oxygen of water bodies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eutrophic water was water with high concentrations of nutrients and, by extension, a eutrophic lake was a lake that contained eutrophic water. Later the concept of trophic state was applied to lakes rather than water, and its precise definition was lost.

Detailed explanation-5: -Eutrophication leads to an increased algal growth (because the level of nutrients increases). It can lead to a shift in species composition to fast growing algae species (including toxic species) and a shift from long lived macroalgae to more nuisance species.