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Algae gets its nutrients from sunlight and water from the water itself that it's in, because algae only grows in water.
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∙ 13y agoAlgae are photosynthetic like plants and prepare their own food..
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What can cause excess growth of algae in water?
Algae is caused by the change of nutrients in the water.
Can clams eat pool algae?
Clams eat plankton, not algae. Algae grows in still water. Clams need the water to be moving so they can get nutrients.
What causes algae to die?
Lack of sunlight or nutrients. Algae is essentially a type of plant. Think about typical household plants, if they don't have water, soil, or sunlight, they will die. But algae, unlike household plants, typically live in a body of water, so a lack of water normally is not a cause of death for them. Normally, algae die because there is not enough sunlight or nutrients, possibly because of an algae bloom (too much algae that use up sunlight and nutrients).
Explain how excessive amounts of nutrients affect a water ecosystem?
excessive amounts of nutrients cause excessive growth of algae,when algae at the bottom of the layer die,bacteria that decompose the dead algae use oxygen in the water killing the fish and other organisms in the water ,due to a lack of oxygen
Why does the increased level of nutrients in the water affect the aquatic animals?
Increased level of nutrients result in growth of algae in the water.These algae use up all the oxygen in water and form a layer on the water not allowing oxygen to enter.Therefore the aquatic animals die because they don't get oxygen.
Are algae herbivores?
No, algae are photosynthetic, they don't 'eat' anything so they can't be a herbivore, carnivore or an omnivore, they just absorb nutrients from the water.
What role does algae play in keeping water clean?
Algae absorb nutrients or chemicals from the water source, thereby keeping it clean by removing contaminants. ADDENDUMAs is not nice in the world of algae good works! If algae proliferate when nutrients are high they may die off when conditions change. The masses of rotting algae (algae blooms) rob oxygen from the water and kill fish and give an off taste to the water. The floating, rotting blooms are aesthetically unappealing. Secondly the algae may remove contaminants like heavy metals from the water, but they concentrate it in their bodies. The algae die and precipitate toxic levels of the heavy metals on fish spawning beds
What is over enrichment?
Nutrient over enrichment (eutrophication) is the contamination of water by nutrients such as phosphates and nitrogen which encourage algal growth,. The algae eventually forms algae "blooms" or masses of floating and rotting algae which rob te water of oxygen
How can algae die?
Algae dies when it lacks the proper nutrients it needs. When it dies, it also consumes oxygen from the water that could make marine creature die.
Can algae survive out of water?
No because fish actually eat algae.Answer:Some algae are prolific producers of oil but this oil is usually contained in the algae. When algae are in water which is eutrophied (has lots of nutrients) they can reproduce in great numbers. When the food is gone or the weather changes these algae die and clump up in algal blooms. These are rotting masses of algae. The decomposing algae can release oil into the water.
Where are green algae or other photosynthetic organisms likely to thrive in the ocean?
sunny water that is rich in nutrients.
What type of unicellular algae are supported by nutrients in water and form the base of aquatic food webs?
Phytoplankton
