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Oxygen depletion in inland water bodies
Nature
Thermohaline stratification and its effect on vertical circulation can cause the development of water bodies with low oxygen content. Oxygen depletion may be caused by the oxygen demand of decaying organic material, such as algal blooms.
Broader
Exhaustion
Vulnerability of lakes and rivers
Destruction of environmental oxygen
Related
Marine oxygen deficiency
This problem is a member of 1 aggravating loop
Aggravates
Toxic blue-green algae in drinking water
[in 1 loop]
Aggravated by
Eutrophication
Value(s)
Land
Depletion
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems