Question

In what way are thermal pollution and eutrophication similar in their impacts on aquatic ecosystems?

A) Both processes are caused by sewage effluent.
B) Both processes occur often in the spring and rarely in the winter.
C) Both processes increase the nutrients that are available in the freshwater ecosystem.
D) Both processes can lead to lowered dissolved oxygen and reduced biodiversity in lakes and rivers.

Answer 1

“Eutrophication is an enrichment of water by nutrient salts that causes structural changes to the ecosystem such as: increased production of algae and aquatic plants, depletion of fish species, general deterioration of water quality and other effects that reduce and preclude use”.

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