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    Group 2's assignment discusses eutrophication. There are two types of eutrophication: natural eutrophication occurs gradually as lakes age and nutrients increase naturally, enabling growth of plants and algae. Man-made or cultural eutrophication is accelerated by human activities like fertilizer and waste runoff, increasing nutrients by 80% for nitrogen and 75% for phosphorus. Effects include decreased biodiversity as algal blooms outcompete other species, increased toxicity as algae release toxins harming other species and humans, and invasion of new species that adapt to eutrophic conditions.

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    Group 2's assignment discusses eutrophication. There are two types of eutrophication: natural eutrophication occurs gradually as lakes age and nutrients increase naturally, enabling growth of plants and algae. Man-made or cultural eutrophication is accelerated by human activities like fertilizer and waste runoff, increasing nutrients by 80% for nitrogen and 75% for phosphorus. Effects include decreased biodiversity as algal blooms outcompete other species, increased toxicity as algae release toxins harming other species and humans, and invasion of new species that adapt to eutrophic conditions.

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    Group 2's assignment discusses eutrophication. There are two types of eutrophication: natural eutrophication occurs gradually as lakes age and nutrients increase naturally, enabling growth of plants and algae. Man-made or cultural eutrophication is accelerated by human activities like fertilizer and waste runoff, increasing nutrients by 80% for nitrogen and 75% for phosphorus. Effects include decreased biodiversity as algal blooms outcompete other species, increased toxicity as algae release toxins harming other species and humans, and invasion of new species that adapt to eutrophic conditions.

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    Assignment 4: Group 2

    BSME 3C
    Members:
    BRIONES, Azhar Iman CASTRO, Angelo Rovic
    CAPULONG, Katherine Mae CASTRO, John Daryl
    CABARUBIAS, Jomarie
    Eutrophication
    - The process of eutrophication, which causes harmful algal blooms, dead zones, and fish
    kills, starts with an increase in the amount of nutrients entering estuaries and coastal
    waters.

    Causes and Types of Eutrophication


    Natural Eutrophication
    - This happens as a result of the natural aging process for lakes, which gradually improves
    the nutritional state of the water system and transforms oligotrophic lakes into eutrophic
    lakes.
    - Similar to this, the nitrate and phosphate content of water increases as aquatic plants and
    animals die.
    - It enables the growth of phytoplankton, algal blooms, and aquatic plants including water
    lettuce, water hyacinth, aquatic weeds, and water fern that are food sources for fish and
    zooplankton that eat plants.
    Man-made Causes (Cultural Eutrophication)
    - This process is generally speeded up by human activities.
    - They are responsible for the addition of 80% nitrogen and 75% phosphorus to lakes and
    streams.
    - Use of NPK fertilizers, discharge of domestic and industrial wastes, detergents, urban
    drainage, animal wastes and sediments into water bodies leads to cultural eutrophication.
    Effects of Eutrophication
     Decrease in biodiversity.
    o Primary producers benefit greatly when an aquatic habitat is supplied with
    nutrients through either natural or artificial means. Algae and other species that
    are similar to them frequently use these nutrients, and an enormous rise in their
    population, known as an algae bloom, is seen.
    o These algal blooms also create significant fluctuations in the amount of dissolved
    oxygen in the water and obstruct sunlight from reaching the bottom of the aquatic
    body.
    o Many marine species suffocate and die when the dissolved oxygen in the water
    drops to a level below the hypoxic level. This lessens the aquatic body's actual
    biodiversity.

     Increase in water toxicity.


    o Algae release hepatotoxins and neurotoxins when they bloom in eutrophic waters.
    These toxins can also pass through shellfish or other marine life and migrate up
    the food chain, where they can kill a lot of creatures.
    o Humans can also be harmed by toxic algal blooms, which are frequently the
    source of neurotoxic, paralytic, and diarrheic shellfish poisoning.
     Invasion of new species
    o If a water body that lacks nitrogen is suddenly supplemented with it, many other
    competing species may move there and outcompete the ecosystem's native
    species. The common carp is one example of a new species that has adapted to
    eutrophic environments.

    Eutrophication of water bodies

    References:

    https://byjus.com/chemistry/eutrophication/#Causes_of_Eutrophication

    https://onlinesciencenotes.com/eutrophication-causes-effects-and-controlling-measures/

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