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| Domain | Definition |
Environment | Sudden spurts of algal growth, which can affect water quality adversely and indicate potentially hazardous changes in local water chemistry. (references) |
Science | Sudden spurts of algal growth due to greatly increased amounts of phosphorus entering the aquatic ecosystem from sewage systems and agricultural fertilizers. Excessive growth of the algae causes destruction of many of the higher links of the food web. Algae that die and sink to the bottom at the end of the growing season stimulate massive growth of bacteria the following year, resulting in depletion of oxygen in the deeper water layers. This may result in fish kills and replacement with less valuable species who may be more tolerant of increased phosphorus levels. Deoxygenation also may cause chemical changes in the mud on the bottom, producing increased quantities of chemicals and toxic gases. All these changes further accelerate the eutrophication (aging) of the aquatic ecosystem. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ALGAL BLOOMSSynonym: Water bloom. (additional references) |
Crosswords: ALGAL BLOOMS |
| English words defined with "ALGAL BLOOMS": cryptomonad, cryptophyte. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-g-l-l-l-m-o-o-s" | |
-4 letters: gambols, osmolal. | |
-5 letters: abloom, abolla, abomas, alamos, balsam, blooms, gambas, gambol, gloams, global, glooms, gombos, llamas, moolas, slalom. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4C 47 41 4C 42 4C 4F 4F 4D 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001100 01000111 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000010 01001100 01001111 01001111 01001101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A L G A L   B L O O M S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004C 0047 0041 004C 0042 004C 004F 004F 004D 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35464135462364649494753 |
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