DeCS

Descriptor English:

Eutrophication

Descriptor Spanish:

Eutrofización

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	eutrofización
Entry term(s)	eutroficación proliferación de algas
Scope note:	Enriquecimiento de un ECOSISTEMA terrestre o acuático por incremento de nutrientes, especialmente nitrógeno y fósforo, que da lugar a un crecimiento superabundante de plantas, ALGAS u otros productores primarios. Puede ser un proceso natural o consecuencia de la actividad humana, como vertidos agrícolas o contaminación por aguas residuales. En los ecosistemas acuáticos, un aumento en la población de algas recibe la denominación de hiperproliferación de algas.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Eutrofização

Descriptor French:

Eutrophisation

Entry term(s):

Algal Bloom
Algal Blooms
Bloom, Algal
Blooms, Algal
Eutrophications

Tree number(s):

G16.500.285
SP4.606.489.600

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005068

Scope note:

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.

Concept UI	M0007972
Scope note	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.
Preferred term	Eutrophication
Entry term(s)	Eutrophications

Concept UI	M0007971
Scope note	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.
Preferred term	Algal Bloom
Entry term(s)	Algal Blooms Bloom, Algal Blooms, Algal

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