As the algae died and settled, they created a hypoxic area.
Not exact matches
«
As you might expect, increasing the speed of impact does increase the proportion of
algae that
die,» Pasini explains, «but even at 6.93 kilometres per second, a small proportion survived.
Algae were then able to proliferate, and
as soon
as they
die and sink to the bottom, microorganisms decompose the biomass and consume a lot of oxygen; this resulted in large oxygen - free zones at the bottom of the Baltic Sea to be formed» explains Lennartz.
Algae consume oxygen in the water, especially
as they
die and decompose.
This sometimes causes outbreaks of diseases such
as Cholera in which 1000s of people
die, and commonly introduces toxic
algae which can cause massive kills of aquatic life.
Scientists have generally believed that more
algae — more specifically, the type known
as phytoplankton — would be good for the climate, since they thrive on CO2 while alive, then carry the carbon they've absorbed down to the sea bottom when they
die.
As algae on the water surface also eventually
die, bacteria will break them down.
Neuroscientists used a mouse model of ALS to demonstrate that supplementation with a blue — green
algae known
as spirulina, which is nutrient rich, provides neuroprotective support for
dying motor neurons.
As algae in a cyanobacterial bloom
die, the water may smell bad.
From the Great Barrier Reef to the Andaman Islands of the Indian Ocean, what were once bright colorful coral reefs full of life have turned bleached white then murky brown
as they've
died and become covered in
algae.