| Anaerobic |
living, active, or occurring
in the absence of free oxygen |
| Cultural Eutrophication |
The process of eutrophication
accelerated by man-made pollution. |
| Denitrification |
reduction of nitrates or nitrites
commonly by bacteria, and usually resulting in the escape of Nitrogen into
the air. |
| Effluent |
waste material (sewage) discharged into the environment, esp. when
serving as a pollutant. |
| Eutrophication |
The naturally occurring biological
process of the enrichment of water with nutrients. |
| Nitrification |
the process of nitrifying;
the oxidation as by bacteria of ammonium salts to nitrites and the further
oxidation of nitrites to nitrates. |
| Orthophosphate |
a salt or compound of orthophosphoric acid |
| Phycology |
The scientific study of the 30,000 or so species of algae |
| Plankton |
The passively floating or weakly swimming, usually minute, animal and
plant life of a body of water. |
| Zooplankton |
Animal life of the plankton |
