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Eutrophic water body

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-010181

1. An aquatic system with high nutrient concentrations, which fuels algal growth. This algae eventually dies and decomposes in a process that reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water.

2. Shallow, murky bodies of water with concentrations of plant nutrients causing excessive production of algae.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-010181
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesChesapeake Bay Glossary; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "field": "Environment",
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  "definition": "1. An aquatic system with high nutrient concentrations, which fuels algal growth. This algae eventually dies and decomposes in a process that reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water.\n\n2. Shallow, murky bodies of water with concentrations of plant nutrients causing excessive production of algae.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/eutrophic-water-body/"
}

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