https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication Explain the 5 steps in your words. Comment about a place you may have seen this happening. en-us 2017-08-02 15:38:42 UTC 2020-09-15 02:29:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/735998114 2. phytoplankton live really well on the surface of the water
3. waste and dead phytoplankton help the current environment thrive
4. the waste causes decomposes to thrive and take more oxygen then before
5. With the more oxygen beginning taken away, oysters, grasses, fish and shrimp begin to be effected; and this happens at the hypxoic zone.]]> 2020-09-10 16:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/735998114 https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/741077133 1. Nitrogen and phosphorus enter the water through runoff from farm fields, companies, etc. Sometimes, these pollutants are dumped directly into bodies of water.
2. The fertilizers cause algal blooms and great increase of phytoplankton
3. Eventually the large amounts of phytoplankton and algae cannot sustain itself and dies, sinking to the bottom
4. Bacteria decomposers consumes the dead phytoplankton and algae and their populations thrive, taking all the available oxygen in the water.
5. Insufficient oxygen kills all of the other plants and animals, and a hypoxic zone at the bottom of the body of water is formed.
The most prominent example of eutrophication near us is in Lake Erie, which is currently experiencing algal blooms at a severity index of 4.5, with 5 and higher being labeled as severe.
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/moderate-harmful-algal-bloom-predicted-for-western-lake-erie-in-summer-2020/]]> 2020-09-12 16:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/741077133 https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/741956304 1. Nitrogen and phosphorus enter the water through runoff from farms and other companies.
2. The runoff causes the algea to bloom and then increases the amount of phytoplankton
3. When the phytoplankton and algal die they will sink to the bottom and provide food for bacteria.
4. The bacteria and decomposers consume the dead phytoplankton and oxygen
5. As the bacteria takes up any remaining oxygen it will create a hypoxic zone at the bottom of the water]]> 2020-09-13 16:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/741956304 https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/742620628 1. Incoming water from runoff, river connections, or another nutrient filled water source causes phytoplankton to feed and increase their population off of the nutrients.
2. The overpopulation kills off the phytoplankton because the nutrients in the water decreased.
3. The dead phytoplankton give more food to the bacterial decomposers causing their populations to increase.
4. The overpopulation of bacterial decomposers cause the oxygen levels in the water to decrease in order to support the population.
5. Less oxygenated water causes the aquatic organisms, such as fish, to leave or suffocate because they need the oxygen in the water to survive.

The algae blooms in Lake Erie is a great example because the phytoplankton populations were increasing, which made the water toxic to aquatic organisms and people. My friends and I had plans to go swimming at Lake Erie last year until we heard about the water being toxic.]]> 2020-09-14 02:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/742620628 https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/744371861 1. Nitrogen and phosphorous become present in the water, due to excess runoff. This allows for the phytoplankton to feed off of the nutrients. 
2. The population begins to increase, as the amount of nutrients decrease. 
3. As the phytoplankton begin to die off, they sink to the bottom, giving food for the bacterial decomposers. 
4. The population of the bacterial decomposers now begins to grow, causing oxygen levels to decrease. 
5. Other aquatic organisms now struggle because of the oxygen levels, creating a hypoxic zone at the bottom of the water. The organisms either die or leave. 

I have also heard about the high concentration of algal blooms at Lake Erie.]]> 2020-09-14 15:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/744371861 https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/746210596 1) Runoff allows nitrogen and phosphorous to enter the water.
2) Phytoplankton strive at the top region of water.
3) Dead phytoplankton and other waste sink to the bottom, providing food for bacterial decomposers.
4) Bacterial decomposer populations grow causing a decrease in oxygen levels.
5) The low oxygen levels cause a hypoxic zone, which causes other organisms to struggle so they either have to leave or die.

A place I have seen this is an old pond in my grandparents woods that is covered in algae.]]> 2020-09-15 00:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/746210596 maximusx2001 https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/746309927 1. Nitrogen and phosphorus are introduced to an aquatic ecosystem from runoff from farms and other forms of pollutants.
2. Phytoplankton flourish at the surface of the water. 
3. Dead phytoplankton and their waste float to the bottom where bacteria are waiting to decompose them. The bacteria are over fed. 
4. Bacteria population grows as they have more food and so they consume more oxygen. 
5. This causes there to be an insufficient amount of oxygen which leads to the deaths of oysters, grasses, fishes and shrimps which live at the bottom. A dead or hypoxic zone forms. ]]> 2020-09-15 01:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/746309927 https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/746383410 1. Too many nutrients  (nitrogen and phosphorus) into a water ecosystem due to runoff.
2.The algae intake the nutrients, causing a bloom.
3.  The sunlight is less absorbed causing death of plants which leads to more waste for decomposes.
4. Oxygen levels decrease, causing aquatic organism such as fish to struggle for survival.
5. This low oxygen creates a hypoxic zone. 
Ex) When lak Erie was under an no swimadvisory]]> 2020-09-15 02:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholestudd/eutrophication/wish/746383410