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Detergents and fertilizers that go to the rivers and lakes pollutes the water and fertilize the water, causing an algal bloom or overgrowth of water plants.

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A rapid and large increase in some protists population in ocean waters. Caused by a large concentration of food becoming available.

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What causes algal bloom?

Algal Blooms are caused by over fertilization, runoff.


How do you describe an algal bloom?

It is a rapid increase in the population of algae in an aquatic system.


An algal bloom of dinoflagellates that causes fish kills is called?

Red tide?


What is the scientific name for an Algal Bloom?

The scientific name for an algal bloom is "phytoplankton bloom." This phenomenon occurs when there is a rapid increase in the population of algae, leading to the visible discoloration of water bodies.


How does algal bloom leave to eutropication?

Eutrophication depletes the waters supply of oxygen which causes Algal blooms and the suffocation of marine life.>.


What can happen after a lake receives a large amount of limiting nutrients?

an algal bloom.


What is unnatural related to humans about an algal bloom?

Some of the algae that makes up an algal bloom can be toxic. This would probably be the main difference between an algal bloom and humans. Hope this helps!


What is alga boom?

An algal bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae (typically microscopic) in an aquatic system. Algal blooms may occur in freshwater also.


What is an immediate increase in the amount of algae and other producers that result from a large input of a limiting nutrient?

Algal Bloom


What is bloom growth?

There is an article on algal bloom in Wikipedia which is very comprehensive. Bloom that is not of a floral nature usually refers to algal bloom which occurs in acquatic environments where the oxygen levels are depleted.


What is an algae bloom?

Algal Bloom is the increasing amount of algae in an aquatic ecosystem.


Why do algal bloom occurs?

An increase in nutrients can cause algae growth and reproduction to increase dramatically into a bloom.