Fish Kill

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011130",
  "term": "Fish Kill",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. When aquatic life within a river, lake, or stream dies in a mass extinction.\n\n2. The sudden death of fish due to natural causes, pollutants, or environmental factors such as the reduction of the dissolved oxygen concentration in a body of water.\n\n3. Large numbers of dead fish in a localized area - may be due to water conditions such as low flow, high temperature, low oxygen levels, harmful algal blooms, or spills of oil or toxic pollutants.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "USDA National Agricultural Library Thesaurus",
    "How's My Waterway Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fish-kill/"
}