EUTROPHICATION

eutrophication

(noun) excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life; “he argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

eutrophication (countable and uncountable, plural eutrophications)

(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.

Source: Wiktionary



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