Question

Sewage discharge and fertilizer runoff is detrimental to coral growth because it increases the ________. water temperature that kills zooxanthellae water temperature that results in coral bleaching amount of toxic synthetic chemicals which stimulate excessive bacterial growth salinity of the water that results in coral bleaching amount of inorganic nutrients in the water that stimulates excessive algal growth

Answer 1

The correct answer is - amount of inorganic nutrients in the water that stimulates excessive algal growth.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fertilizers, sewage discharge and industrial runoff has various chemicls enrich with the inorganic compound and elements that causes eutrophication of the the water body.

Eutrophication causes increase in the number of phytoplanktons and algal growth that is stimulates by the amount of inorganic nutrients.

Thus, the correct answer is - amount of inorganic nutrients that leads to excess growth of algae.