Vocab
*Eutrophication - an overabundance of nutrients that causes an ecological imbalance
*Hypertrophication- ecosystem response to the addition of artificial or natural substances
* Cultural Eutrophication- process that speeds up natural eutrophicatin to human activity
* Biomagnification - high concentration with increasing level in the food web
* Acidification- decrease in ocean pH due to higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide
* Biodiversity- the variety of life in an ecosystem
* Dead Zone- an area of the ocean that is depleted of oxygen
*Estuary- partially enclosed water bodies where fresh and salt water mix
* DDT-chemical structure consisting of a combination of carbon and chlorine atoms
* Nonpoint sources- A source of pollution that does not have a single point of origin
*Point sources- pollution that comes from a single location
* Hypoxia- low oxygen in water
* Phytoplankton - planktonic organisms that photosynthesize
* Biotoxins- a toxic substance produced by a living organism
* buffer- a substance that reduces the tendency of a substance to become to acidic or alkaline
*Eutrophication - an overabundance of nutrients that causes an ecological imbalance
*Hypertrophication- ecosystem response to the addition of artificial or natural substances
* Cultural Eutrophication- process that speeds up natural eutrophicatin to human activity
* Biomagnification - high concentration with increasing level in the food web
* Acidification- decrease in ocean pH due to higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide
* Biodiversity- the variety of life in an ecosystem
* Dead Zone- an area of the ocean that is depleted of oxygen
*Estuary- partially enclosed water bodies where fresh and salt water mix
* DDT-chemical structure consisting of a combination of carbon and chlorine atoms
* Nonpoint sources- A source of pollution that does not have a single point of origin
*Point sources- pollution that comes from a single location
* Hypoxia- low oxygen in water
* Phytoplankton - planktonic organisms that photosynthesize
* Biotoxins- a toxic substance produced by a living organism
* buffer- a substance that reduces the tendency of a substance to become to acidic or alkaline