A Review Paper on Eutrophication in Urban Lakes

摘要

The rapid increase of populace alongside urbanization has resulted in the deterioration of lake water ecosystems particularly in developing city like Bengaluru and human beings are blamable for choking numerous lakes to death. Excess nutrients, specifically phosphorus and nitrogen are the primary pollutants that contribute to the cultural eutrophication of lakes. In addition to eutrophication, warming in the past half century has also extensively influenced harmful algal blooms communities in lake ecosystems. a large quantity of sewage from the households is regularly discharged into the water bodies. Several limiting factors namely, level, temperature, PH, light, and dissolved oxygen are known to affect eutrophic water bodies. The runoff brings down fertilizers and other chemicals from agricultural fields. The phosphorus contained in these effluents is known to promote excessive growth of plants. Therefore, powerful control.....