BIOL 01204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eutrophication, Limiting Factor, Marine Life
3 Nov 2020
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Limitations in aquatic environments (figures 1-4, table 1) Yes, the nutrients greatly manifests the growth of aquatic plants. From the figures given it is evident that ammonium enriched plants have almost 10 folds greater yields. No fresh water has phosphate and marine water have nitrogen. 2 when phosphate levels in freshwater increases, chlorophyll levels also increase. Chlorophyll content can be considered as a factor indicating primary production. Since chlorophyll is required for photosynthesis, more chlorophyll means more production. According to figure 4 when nitrogen is added to marine water phytoplankton gives the largest change in growth rate compeered to all others. Single nutrient addition this indicates nitrogen is limiting in marine waters: in the 1980"s many towns instituted bans on the household use of phosphate-based detergents. You should do a bit of background research to see if your thought is correct. Sewage water from households moves to freshwater bodies.
