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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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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.


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.


What substance cause an algal bloom to from?

Excessive nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, in water bodies can cause algal blooms to form. These nutrients provide excessive food for algae, promoting their rapid growth and reproduction. This can lead to a sudden increase in algal populations, resulting in a bloom.


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

an algal bloom.


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.


An overpopulation of saltwater algae is called a?

An 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.


Why do algal bloom occurs?

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


What substance causes an algal bloom to form?

Algal blooms are typically caused by an excess of nutrients like phosphorus or nitrogen in the water, often resulting from runoff pollution from agriculture or urban areas. These nutrients promote the rapid growth of algae, leading to a sudden and dense accumulation of algal populations known as a bloom.


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

This is known as an algal bloom. The sudden increase in nutrients like nitrogen or phosphorus can lead to rapid growth of algae, which can create harmful effects in aquatic ecosystems such as depleting oxygen levels and harming other organisms.


What impact if any would an algal bloom be likely to have on its ecosystem?

anal bloom? ask your doctor.