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Why do pollutants affect the amount of dissolved oxygen in water?
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∙ 12y ago
Some people get lazy and refuse to wash they re boat upon going into different waters and bring in invasive species which lower the oxygen levels. The worst is algae with uses the dissolved oxygen in the water to breath and suffocate the fish living below them.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoOne of the biggest effects of pollutants on dissolved oxygen is that some pollutants are nutrients for organisms that consume (or occasionally produce) oxygen. If the organisms are well fed, they can consume nearly all of the dissolved oxygen. Some pollutants will also chemically react with the oxygen to remove it from the water as well, but this is usually a much lesser effect. These two phenomena are measured as BOD (biological oxygen demand) and COD (chemical oxygen demand. See the attached links for more information on BOD and COD.
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Does tin cans will not affect the amount of dissolved oxygen in water?
Tin cans doesn't affect the amount of dissolved oxygen in waters.
What would happen to the amount of dissolved oxygen in the river if the river is polluted?
the amount of dissolved oxygen would decrease.
What's dissolved oxygen?
Dissolved oxygen is the current amount of oxygen in the water. A certain amount of Dissolved Oxygen Is needed to keep the fish alive, if any of the dissolved oxygen decreases by either a little or a lot it can cause changes in the water, normally if the dissolved oxygen decreases so do the fish and aquatics life's life.
What is dissolve oxygen?
Dissolved oxygen is the current amount of oxygen in the water. A certain amount of Dissolved Oxygen Is needed to keep the fish alive, if any of the dissolved oxygen decreases by either a little or a lot it can cause changes in the water, normally if the dissolved oxygen decreases so do the fish and aquatics life's life.
Which would increase the amount of dissolved oxygen in a pond?
air
how does water turbidity affect dissolved oxygen?
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Does a sprite contain oxygene?
A small amount of oxygen is dissolved in the liquid.
How is water pollution responsible for depletion of oxygen in water?
The pollutants react with the oxygen dissolved This means there's no oxygen available for the fish. That kills more fish than the actual toxicity of the pollution in many cases.
Which contain the greater amount of dissolved oxygen a lake in the spring or a lake in the summer?
. Temperature directly affects the solubility of oxygen in water. When the temperature of water increases, a portion of oxygen converts from liquid state to a gas. Thus the ability of water to maintain oxygen in dissolved state decreases with increasing temperature. As a result, colder water can potentially contain more dissolved oxygen than warm water. Therefore, a lake in spring contains greater amount of Dissolved Oxygen than the same lake in summer.
Normal ranges for dissolved oxygen test?
dissolved oxygen is dissolved oxygen
What is the oxygen dissolved in water is a?
The oxygen dissolved in water is a measure of dissolved oxygen (DO).
What should you do to increase the amount of carbon dioxide dissolved in the solution?
add oxygen
