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प्रश्न
Dissolved oxygen in water is responsible for aquatic life. What processes are responsible for the reduction in dissolved oxygen in water?
उत्तर
- Organic matter such as leaves, grass, trash can pollute water. Microorganisms present in water can decompose this organic matter and consume dissolved oxygen in water.
- Eutrophication is a process by which water bodies receive excess nutrients that stimulates excessive plant growth. This enhanced plant growth in water bodies is called algal bloom.
- The growth of algae in extreme abundance covers the water surface and reduces the oxygen concentration in water. Thus, bloom-infeded water inhibits the growth of others. living organisms in the water body.
- This process in which the nutrient-rich water support a dense plant population kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen and results in loss of biodiversity is known as eutrophication.
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