eutrophication

Water can have too many nutrients, which allow algae and floating phytoplankton to grow. They block sunlight from reaching deeper into water. When they die, they fall to bottom. Bacteria use oxygen to decompose them, leaving oxygen-depleted water {eutrophication}|.

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