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Question
Polluted water bodies have usually very high abundance of plants like Nostoc and Oscillitoria. Give reasons.
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Solution
Polluted water bodies are rich in nutrients, especially in nitrogen content which provides favourable conditions for algae like Nostoc and Oscillotoria to bloom in the water bodies.
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