Effects on the Ocean and the Land Organisms
Marine Ecosystems-Red tides: an algae bloom that has a color disfiguration and usually occurs on coastal regions. These blooms can be purple, orange, red, brown, green and many other colors but they are all caused from an increased and dense amount of natural toxins in an unnatural way.
-Decrease in oxygen (hypoxic conditions): even though algae produces oxygen for the ocean, when it dies and starts to decay in a large amount oxygen is taken from the water. This causes fa variety of organisms to die and ecosystems start to alter. -Light: just like the plants on land need light, the coral and organisms in the ocean need it to produce photosynthesis. When large algae blooms occur light is not able to penetrate through the water as strong as before. Sea kelp is also known to grow rapidly during these blooms and block the light out even more. Coral reefs will eventually become an unstable ecosystem and no long be a suitable habitat for reef fish and other organisms dependent on it. -Habitats : due to all the factors involving eutrophication, marine habitats could die and disappear. This will cause a change in the biodiversity in the area on the coast. |
What effects the people?-Safety of the water: water treatments may become more difficult and have a different taste to it. Water that is being pumped in could be slowed down and hard to navigate in. All of these risks could be dangerous for our health.
-Industrial: some commercial fishermen need coastal regions and reefs to get their desired fish. When coastal areas start to die or the diversity disappears, getting the full product can be harder to produce. -Domestic: Some areas in the world strictly rely on fish for their diet and the lack of them could cause a major set back in everyday lives. Also clean water is an everyday necessity, so it is important to have the safest water for people. |
Text Recourses:
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/nosb/papers/2011/kotlik-sea-ice.phphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tidehttp://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/eutrophication-effects.htm
Image Resource:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/images/co2coral2.jpg
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/nosb/papers/2011/kotlik-sea-ice.phphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tidehttp://www.lenntech.com/eutrophication-water-bodies/eutrophication-effects.htm
Image Resource:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/images/co2coral2.jpg