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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).
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At what temperature does algae die?
Algae typically dies at temperatures above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
What causes a freshwater bloom?
A freshwater bloom is a sudden overpopulation of algae. This is caused by excessive nutrients in the water which act like fertilizers to stimulate algal growth. Common causes could be leaking sewage pipes, runoff from a golf course, sudden release of animal manure during a flood, etc.
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 fungi causes red tide?
Red tide is not caused by fungi. It is primarily caused by certain species of harmful algae called dinoflagellates, such as Karenia brevis. These algae produce toxins that can harm marine life and affect humans who consume contaminated seafood.
5 examples of protocists?
Paramecium - A unicellular ciliate with a characteristic slipper-like shape. Amoeba - A single-celled organism that moves and feeds using pseudopods. Euglena - Unicellular flagellate protist that possesses chloroplasts. Diatoms - Single-celled algae encased in a silica shell. Plasmodium - A parasitic protist that causes malaria in humans.
How does fertilizer running into a pond lower the oxygen level?
The fertilizer causes an increase in algae. As algae die and are decomposed the decomposers increase and use up all of the oxygen in the water.
How do oil spills affect algae?
algae will eventually die.
What causes green algae?
Too much sunlight on the tank!!
In winter the pool is covered except when the pool people come to service the pool what causes the pool to get algae?
well when you leave your pool covered for the winter, you are unable to put chlorine into it. Chlorine prevents algae so to answer your question, the lack of chlorine causes algae
How can algae die?
Algae can die due to environmental stressors like changes in temperature, pollutants, lack of sunlight, or lack of nutrients. Additionally, competition with other algae species or grazing by herbivores can lead to the death of algae.
How does phosphours affect the bay?
It causes plant growth and algae growth
Why is algae growth bad?
Too much algae can reduce oxygen in water. This can cause many fish to die.
Does algae decay and consume oxygen when they die?
When Algae runs out of the proper nutrition it needs such as phosphates and other minerals it dies. Algae then dies and starts to decay during the decaying process Algae uses oxygen which is also why fish die from lack of oxygen. So to answer this question yes Algae does decay and consume oxygen.
At what temperature does algae die?
Algae typically dies at temperatures above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
What causes red algae to be red?
Red algae contain red pigments called phycoerythrins, which are responsible for their characteristic red color. These pigments help the algae absorb certain wavelengths of light that penetrate deeper in the water column, allowing red algae to thrive in lower light conditions compared to green algae.
What has the author Tore Levring written?
Tore Levring has written: 'Submarine daylight and the photosynthesis of marine algae' -- subject(s): Photosynthesis, Solar radiation, Algae 'Marine algae' -- subject(s): Marine algae 'Die Meeresalgen der Juan Fernandez-Inseln' -- subject(s): Coralline algae, Marine algae
What causes a Black coating disease on pebbles in freshwater aquarium?
It is most likely just algae
