Choking bloom

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn event in which a colony of plants, algae, or bacteria becomes so widespread in a body of water that it draws enough oxygen out of the water to kill other inhabitants of that ecosystem, and eventually becomes unable to sustain itself.

Synonyms

bioflocculation oxygen depletion choke damp secondary drowning blooming colmation colmatation photobleaching water poisoning thromboobliteration biofloc bacterialization

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