Eutrophication 2 by https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge 2nd Period en-us 2021-03-29 14:15:28 UTC 2025-11-09 00:34:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Group Members emmadi1 https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1365335468 Emma Di, Richard Chen, Christopher Choi, Liam Gurung]]> 2021-03-29 18:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1365335468 Causes liamgurung https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1378601480
  • Fertilizers
    • Extra nutrients in fertilizer 
  • Concentrated animal feeding operations 
    • Discharge high amounts of nutrients that accumulate in the water bodies
  • Direct waste dumping into bodies of water 
    • Introduces chemical nutrients which stimulate the growth of algal blooms
    • Threatens survival of aquatic life
  • Agriculture 
    • A technique of growing organisms in water containing dissolved nutrients
    • If not properly managed, levels of nitrogen and phosphorus will increase which results in the dense growth of floating plants
  • Natural events
    • Events such as floods can wash excess nutrients into water bodies which causes excessive growth of algal blooms
    • Older lakes can naturally accumulate sediments with phosphorus and other nutrients
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  • Natural
    • Natural accumulation of nutrients in a water source over time
    • This leads to changes in species composition in the environment
    • Begins to affect water quality and the colonization of terrestrial vegetation that cause harm. 
    • Happens over centuries worth of time
    • See “Causes”
  • Cultural
    • Human activity resulting in a rapid nutrient increase within decades
    • Results in the need of environmental management and land policies.
    • See “Causes”

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  • Excessive floating plant growth
    • Looks ugly and not clean, but that’s minor
    • Algae thrives when there is a lack of oxygen in water and many nutrients, so it grows well using anaerobic respiration in nutrient rich bodies of water.
  • Taints drinking water
  • Reduction of Self Purity Capacity: Sediments at the bottom, accumulate, and fill the basin. These sediments take in a lot of nutrients that could lead to deterioration of the 
  • Severely depletes oxygen levels
    • Lowers the PH of the water
    • Especially in summer and spring.
    • Kills fish
      • Reduction of quality fish and impacts fishing
  • Loss of recreational areas
    • Not able to use the lake for touristic purposes from different kinds of algae that can irritate the skin.
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  • Improvement of waste treatment plants
  • Less fertilizer use
  • Better animal husbandry to reduce wastewater
  • Addition of oxygen to water
    • Reduces algae growth



    • ]]>     2021-04-02 18:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1378605136     Eutrophication emmadi1 https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1378645055 Period 2 Honors Biology]]> 2021-04-02 19:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1378645055 What is it? emmadi1 https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1378646964 Eutrophication is the process of a water body becoming filled with minerals and nutrients. It can also be seen as the increase of phosphorous and nitrogen among other things. It is a problem because it can lead to algal blooms which consume all the oxygen in the water, leaving none for the other marine life.]]> 2021-04-02 19:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1378646964 christopherchoi https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381461152 2021-04-04 22:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381461152 Group Work christopherchoi https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381463208 We all contributed different sections of work on a Google Doc but Liam and Emma were the ones who moved it over to this Padlet.]]> 2021-04-04 22:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381463208 Sources emmadi1 https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381465838 "Eutrophication and Water Pollution." Water Pollution, www.water-pollution.org.uk/eutrophication-and-water-pollution/. Accessed 30 Mar. 2021.
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    ]]>     2021-04-04 22:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381465838     christopherchoi https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381473124 2021-04-04 22:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381473124 christopherchoi https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381482451 2021-04-04 23:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381482451 The Phosphorus and Nitrogen Cycle christopherchoi https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381488414 2021-04-04 23:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/89h4086ro7yhcsge/wish/1381488414