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4.3.2. Effects


Change in ecosystem:


Eutrophication eventually create detritus layer in the ponds & lakes and produces successively shallower depth of surface water.

Eventually the water body is reduced into marsh whose plant community is transformed from an aquatic environment to recognizable terrestrial ecosystem.

Decreased biodiversity


Algal blooms restrict the sunlight to penetrate & affects the photosynthesizing plants. It causes death of plants.

Bacteria consumes all the oxygen on decomposition & results in devoid of oxygen. Eventually it leads to death of all living organism in aquatic ecosystem.