Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 31, 2024
Preferred Name

Eutrophication

Synonyms

Algal Blooms

Eutrophications

Definitions

The growth of a superabundance of algae usually from an enrichment of a natural body of water by the addition of dissolved nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus. The enrichment may be natural, or unnatural, for example, from WATER POLLUTION, or controlled such as is done for the aquaculture of PHYTOPLANKTON. If the bloom becomes detrimental to animals, it is called a HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005068

altLabel

Algal Blooms

Blooms, Algal

Algal Bloom

Bloom, Algal

Eutrophications

AN

entry term ALGAL BLOOM: HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM is also available

AQL

DE ES PH RE

cui

C0002035

C0015191

DC

1

definition

The growth of a superabundance of algae usually from an enrichment of a natural body of water by the addition of dissolved nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus. The enrichment may be natural, or unnatural, for example, from WATER POLLUTION, or controlled such as is done for the aquaculture of PHYTOPLANKTON. If the bloom becomes detrimental to animals, it is called a HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM.

The enrichment of a terrestrial or aquatic ECOSYSTEM by the addition of nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, that results in a superabundant growth of plants, ALGAE, or other primary producers. It can be a natural process or result from human activity such as agriculture runoff or sewage pollution. In aquatic ecosystems, an increase in the algae population is termed an algal bloom.

DX

19760101

FX

D014877

HN

76

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000941

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528

Inverse of RO

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014877

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010933

Machine permutation

76

MDA

19750723

MMR

20160623

MN

G16.500.285

notation

D005068

prefLabel

Eutrophication

TERMUI

T015498

T015499

TH

NLM (1976)

UNK (19XX)

tui

T067

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D055669

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