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Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Eutrophication

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Eutrophication  

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Entry terms

  • Algal Bloom
  • Algal Blooms
  • Bloom, Algal
  • Blooms, Algal

Note

  • entry term ALGAL BLOOM: HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM is also available

Scope note

  • The enrichment of a terrestrial or aquatic ECOSYSTEM by the addition of nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, that results in a superabundant growth of plants, ALGAE, or other primary producers. It can be a natural process or result from human activity such as agriculture runoff or sewage pollution. In aquatic ecosystems, an increase in the algae population is termed an algal bloom.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005068

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