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eutrophicationThe enrichment of a water body with plant nutrients.
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eutrophicationA process in which an aquatic environment accumulates high nutrient levels due to factors such as industrial or urban pollution or run-off of fertilizers from nearby agricultural lands. The nutrients [..]
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eutrophicationAdverse change in the chemical and biological status of a body of water following depletion of the oxygen content caused by decay of organic matter resulting from high primary production as a result o [..]
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eutrophicationThe process by which a body of water accumulates nutrients, particularly nitrates and phosphates. This process can be accelerated by nutrient-rich runoff or seepage from agricultural land or from sewa [..]
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eutrophicationThe process of aging of lakes by the addition of nutrients.
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eutrophicationbuild-up of sediment and organic matter in bodies of water, which may cause a change in the productivity of the ecosystem.
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eutrophicationAn overgrowth of weeds or algae in a waterway due to an excess of nutrients in a waterway. This may initially support higher fish populations, but the death and decay of water plants can deplete the water of oxygen, resulting in fish kills. F1, F2, F3, etc.:
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eutrophicationEutrophication describes the process where a waterbody, such as a lake or a soil solution, becomes loaded with dissolved nutrients. This can be natural, but is often due to pollution. Algal blooms can [..]
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eutrophicationa gradual nutrient enrichment that increases organic matter production, as with a lake that absorbs waves of nutrient runoffs.
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eutrophicationan increase in the chemical nutrients to be found in any particular ecosystem. Of particular concern to geographers as poor farming practices can introduce excessive nutrients to waterways, increasing [..]
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eutrophicationThe increase in additions of nutrients to freshwater or marine systems, which leads to increases in plant and algae growth (biological production) and often to undesirable changes in ecosystem structu [..]
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eutrophicationOxygen depletion of water due to over-fertilization.
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eutrophicationSuccession in a lake. The gradual accumulation of nutrients and plant and animal growth that eventually transforms a lake into a marsh and then a forest. The death of a lake. evagination
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eutrophicationEnrichment of water, which causes excessive growth of aquatic plants and increasing activity of anaerobic microrganisms. As a result the oxygen levels in the water quickly decline and the water chokes, making life impossible for aerobic water organisms.
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eutrophicationthe process of nutrient enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem leading to increased biologic production. As eutrophication proceeds, there are a number of consequences, including excess production, increa [..]
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eutrophicationA process by which an excess of plant nutrients, for example nitrogen and phosphorous, reduces the oxygen dissolved within a body of water, producing an environment that does not readily support aquat [..]
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eutrophicationEnrichment of water, which causes excessive growth of aquatic plants and increasing activity of anaerobic microrganisms. As a result the oxygen
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eutrophicationThe process by which a body of water (often shallow) becomes (either naturally or by pollution) rich in dissolved nutrients, with a seasonal deficiency in dissolved oxygen.
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eutrophicationEutrophication is the phenomenon of increase of ecosystem’s primary productivity. It results from the increase in the concentration of chemical nutrients in an ecosystem. The consequential negative en [..]
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eutrophication(n) excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomp [..]
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eutrophicationEutrophication is the natural or artificial (e.g., from fertilizer runoff or sewage discharge) addition of nutrients into bodies of water that often encourages excessive algal growth.
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eutrophicationThe enrichment of water by nutrients causing an accelerated growth of algae and higher forms of plant life to produce an undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms present in the water and to [..]
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eutrophicationThe gradual increase in nutrients in a body of water. Natural eutrophication is a gradual process, but human activities may greatly accelerate the process.
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eutrophicationThe enrichment of water by nutrients causing an accelerated growth of algae and higher forms of plant life to produce an undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms present in the water and to [..]
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eutrophicationThe undesirable disturbance to ecosystem health and water quality that arises from nutrient enrichment caused by human activity.
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eutrophicationOver-enrichment of a water body with nutrients, resulting in excessive growth of organisms and depletion of oxygen concentration
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eutrophicationThe physical, chemical, and biological changes associated with enrichment of a body of freshwater due to increases in nutrients from a variety of sources.
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eutrophicationOver-enrichment of a water body with nutrients, resulting in excessive growth of organisms and depletion of oxygen concentration
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eutrophicationThe slow aging process during which a lake, estuary, or bay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually disappears. During the later stages of eutrophication the water body is choked by abundant plant [..]
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eutrophicationThe process of nutrient over enrichment generally caused by excessive nitrogen in marine waters and phosphorus in freshwater. Coastal eutrophication results principally human activities such as sewage [..]
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eutrophicationThe slow aging process during which a lake, estuary, or bay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually disappears. During the later stages of eutrophication the water body is choked by abundant plant [..]
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eutrophicationThe slow aging process during which a lake, estuary, or bay evolves into a bog or marsh and eventually disappears. During the later stages of eutrophication the water body is choked by abundant pla [..]
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eutrophicationThe process of nutrient enrichment in aquatic systems, such that the productivity of the system is no longer limited by the availability of nutrients. This is a natural process but may be accelerated [..]
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eutrophicationFrom the Greek 'well-nourished'. An increase in the nutrients in a lake or pond, leading to increased plant growth and decay.
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eutrophicationis the process of surface water nutrient enrichment causing a water body to fill with aquatic plants and algae. The increase in plant life reduces the oxygen content of the water. Eutrophic lakes often are undesirable for recreation and may not support normal fish populations.
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eutrophicationThe 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 produce [..]
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eutrophicationUsually, the limiting factor on how many living organisms can grow in a body of water is the supply of nutrient elements such as nitrogen and phosphorus. If these are supplied in overabundance (for example, by pouring fertilizer into the lake), plants and bacteria can multiply to such an extent that the oxygen consumed in their decomposition can ex [..]
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eutrophicationA process by which pollution from such sources as sewage effluent or leachate from fertilized fields causes a lake, pond or fen to become overrich in organic and mineral nutrients, so that algae grow rapidly and deplete the oxygen supply. Face seal = A non-polluting seal (e.g. Coastguard) that eliminates oil loss from a ship’s outboard seal, even [..]
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eutrophicationGrowth of a superabundance of algae and other microscopic plant life usually from an enrichment of a natural body of water by the addition of dissolved nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus. I [..]
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eutrophicationThe process whereby a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients through natural or man-made processes. This often results in a deficiency of dissolved oxygen, producing an environment that fav [..]
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eutrophicationThe process by which a pond or lake becomes rich in dissolved nutrients. This encourages growth of oxygen-depleting plant life, resulting in harm to other organisms. Pollutants such as sewage and fertilizers speed up the process.
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eutrophicationA term derived from Greek words meaning "to nourish well" and referring to increased levels of nutrients in a lake or other body of water. Lakes age naturally, becoming filled with [..]
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eutrophicationThe dying off of organisms in a lake or pond due to an overabundance of algae which consume all of the dissolved oxygen in the water. This usually happens when the water becomes rich in mineral and organic nutrients, often due to run off of fertilisers from farms.
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eutrophicationThe increase in the nutrient levels of a lake or other body of water; this usually causes an increase in the growth of aquatic animal and plant life.
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eutrophicationPollution of water with minerals that stimulate plant growth.
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eutrophicationDegradation of water quality due to enrichment by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, resulting in excessive algal growth and decay and often low dissolved oxygen in the water.
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eutrophicationToo many nutrients entering an ecosystem (nutrient loading) can cause large algal blooms or other growth spurts followed by natural die-off and decay which results in a decreased amount of oxygen av [..]
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eutrophicationIn marine environments, an overabundance of organic material and of nutrients, especially nitrogen, can lead to a condition called eutrophication, or over-enrichment of the system. Symptoms of eutroph [..]
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eutrophicationThe process of excess nutrients accelerating the growth of algae, ultimately depleting the water of dissolved oxygen.
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eutrophicationRefers to an increase of nutrients in a body of water. A natural process for the environment, however at an accelerated rate it can become a problem by impacting water quality and biodiversity. As an [..]
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eutrophicationThe process by which a body of water accumulates high levels of macronutrients, particularly nitrates and phosphates.
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eutrophicationan excess of plant nutrients from natural erosion and runoff from the land in an aquatic ecosystem supporting a large amount of aquatic life that can deplete the oxygen supply.
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eutrophicationthe process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients (as phosphates) that stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen
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eutrophicationA condition in aquatic ecosystems where high nutrient concentrations stimulate blooms of algae, thereby resulting in low dissolved oxygen levels in the water.
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eutrophicationenrichment of natural waters with inorganic material, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, such that they support excessive growth of plants/algae.
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eutrophicationAn accumulation of plant nutrients, such as nitrate and phosphate, in a water body leading to an overabundance of algae and other water vegetation.
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eutrophicationEnhanced primary productivity caused by nitrogen and phosphorous, organic pollution, intense catchment land use and habitat degradation affect almost all European surface waters. Ecosystem functions h [..]
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eutrophicationa naturally occurring change that take place after a water body receives inputs of nutrients, mostly nitrates and phosphates, from erosion and runoff of surrounding lands; this process can be accelerated by human activities.
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eutrophicationThe enrichment of the nutrient load in ecosystems (terrestrial and aquatic), especially compounds of nitrogen and/or phosphorous. This leads to an undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms [..]
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eutrophicationthe enrichment of waterbodies with nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, which stimulates the growth of aquatic organisms.
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eutrophicationan increase in chemical nutrients, typically compounds containing nitrogen or phosphorus, in an ecosystem.
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(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic [..]
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eutrophicationAn excessive increase in the chemical nutrients found in an ecosystem, primarily associated with fertiliser run-off and often resulting an ecosystem being left lifeless.
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eutrophicationIncreased primary productivity of an aquatic ecosystem, resulting from nutrient inputs.
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eutrophicationthe loss of oxygen in water after too much nutrient enrichment has taken place
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eutrophicationA superabundance of algal life in a body of water; caused by an unusual influx of nitrate, phosphate, or other nutrients.
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