eutrophication
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eutrophication
[yü·trə·fə′kā·shən] (ecology)
The process by which a body of water becomes, either by natural means or by pollution, excessively rich in dissolved nutrients, resulting in increased primary productivity that often leads to a seasonal deficiency in dissolved oxygen.
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