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Categories: Environmental chemistry, Aquatic ecology, Water pollution, Environmental issues with water, Articles with short description

eutrophication coastal eutrophication cultural eutrophication Dystrophication Ecological effects of eutrophication

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 decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life WordNet 3.0

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Eutrophication is the process by which an entire body of water, or parts of it, becomes progressively enriched with minerals and nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. Wikipedia

A process of pollution that occurs when a lake or stream becomes over-rich in plant nutrient and as a consequence becomes overgrown in algae and other aquatic plants. OmegaWiki

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 system. Wiktionary

Becoming eutrophic. Wiktionary (translation)

He argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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