NEET Biology question

Biology Environmental Issues NEET

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Domestic sewage contains nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus which favours the excessive growth of planktonic (free floating) algae, which can accelerate which of the following phenomenon?

(A)Algal bloom
(B)Biomagnification
(C)Eutrophication
(D)Both (a) and (c)Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

Nutrient-rich domestic sewage stimulates excessive growth of free-floating planktonic algae, which directly constitutes an algal bloom, and this same nutrient enrichment process is the defining mechanism of eutrophication;

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Question ID VK-130070