EUTROPHICATION: STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES
Chemical fertilizers such as phosphates and nitrates used in agriculture arrive accidentally into lakes and rivers, increasing the speed of algae bloom.The water can become "suffocating" due to the decaying algae that deplete the oxygen in it.This process, called eutrophication, can cause the death of fish and of other aquatic life forms.Floods als