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    Nutrient pollution, a form of water pollution, refers to contamination by excessive inputs of nutrients. It is a primary cause of eutrophication of surface...
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    drainage Nitrates and phosphates, from sewage and agriculture (see nutrient pollution) Silt (sediment) in runoff from construction sites or sewage, logging...
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    treated sewage, industrial wastewater, and fertilizer runoff. Such nutrient pollution usually causes algal blooms and bacterial growth, resulting in the...
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    marine pollution can be grouped as pollution from marine debris, plastic pollution, including microplastics, ocean acidification, nutrient pollution, toxins...
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    water pollution. Nutrient runoff in storm water from "sheet flow" over an agricultural field or a forest are also examples of non-point source pollution. Sediment...
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    marine pollution can be grouped as pollution from marine debris, plastic pollution, including microplastics, ocean acidification, nutrient pollution, toxins...
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    eliminating the need to supplement the nutrient in feed. One of the main contributors to air, soil and water pollution is animal waste. According to a 2005...
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    crabs, oysters and watermen (fishermen) since the mid-20th century. Nutrient pollution and urban runoff have been identified as major components of impaired...
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    Agricultural wastewater treatment (category Water pollution)
    animal wastes. Nonpoint source pollution includes sediment runoff, nutrient runoff and pesticides. Point source pollution includes animal wastes, silage...
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    monoculture farming). Further problem areas are air and water pollution (including nutrient pollution), over-exploitation, invasive species and climate change...
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    Ecocide Eutrophication National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Nutrient pollution "Agrochemicals Handbook from C.H.I.P.S." C.H.I.P.S. "Agrochemicals...
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    Much agricultural pollution is exacerbated by surface runoff, leading to a number of down stream impacts, including nutrient pollution that causes eutrophication...
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    nutrient concentrations, and suggested anglers choose groundbaits with low eutrophication potential. A later study by the team showed that nutrient inputs...
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    attempt to replicate the complex environment found in coral reefs. Nutrient pollution, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus can cause eutrophication, upsetting...
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  • animal farming • Intensive crop farming • Irrigation • Monoculture • Nutrient pollution • Overgrazing • Pesticide drift • Plasticulture • Slash-and-burn •...
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    Plants portal Horticulture International Plant Nutrition Colloquium Nutrient pollution Photosynthesis Plant physiology Phytochemistry Plant hormone Resource...
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    estuary with naturally low levels of nutrients cycling through it. A potential exists for anthropogenic nutrient pollution to cause eutrophication in the region...
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    Stratification and water temperature differences due to thermal pollution seem to correlate with nutrient cycling of phosphorus and nitrogen, as oftentimes water...
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    urban growth exacerbated water pollution as a lack of regulation allowed for discharges of sewage, toxic chemicals, nutrients and other pollutants into surface...
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    purpose of reducing nutrient pollution. Mussels and other bivalve shellfish consume phytoplankton containing nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus...
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    result of a nutrient, like nitrogen or phosphorus from various sources (for example fertilizer runoff or other forms of nutrient pollution), entering the...
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    pollution long after the source of the pollution is stopped. Major forms of pollution include air pollution, water pollution, litter, noise pollution...
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    Plant (brochure) (PDF) (Report). Washington, D.C.: DC Water. 2016. "Nutrient Pollution: The Problem". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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    Coast (section Pollution)
    marine pollution can be grouped as pollution from marine debris, plastic pollution, including microplastics, ocean acidification, nutrient pollution, toxins...
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    lakes and ponds due nutrient pollution. Nearly all of the bodies of water on Long Island have been affected by nutrient pollution in the form of nitrogen...
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    0–5.3 million cu ft) of water daily. Also see nutrient pollution for an extended explanation of nutrient remediation. As an ecosystem engineer, oysters...
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    many of these waters are drinking water sources. In many watersheds nutrient pollution (excess nitrogen and phosphorus) has become a major problem. It is...
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    Proteins are essential nutrients for the human body. They are one of the building blocks of body tissue and can also serve as a fuel source. As a fuel...
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  • flora and fauna. The opposite effect is known as eutrophication or nutrient pollution. Both depletion and eutrophication lead to shifts in biodiversity...
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    biosequestration of carbon dioxide, alongside other benefits like nutrient pollution reduction, increased habitat for coastal aquatic species, and reducing...
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