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BLOOMS ALGAE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Algae
DEF

A scum that is formed by water bloom [i.e., by] the accumulation of algae and esp. of various blue-green algae at or near the surface of a body of water occurring suddenly and in large quantities.

CONT

Algal bloom on the surface of lagoons, ponds, lakes ... is primarily caused by proliferation of living algae aided by phosphate enrichment ... The primary sources of such enrichment are farm fertilizers.

OBS

bloom; water bloom: These terms are generic but are often considered as synonyms because they refer most of the time to algal bloom.

OBS

water flower: most often used in the plural form (water flowers).

Key term(s)
  • water flowers
  • blooms of algae
  • waterbloom

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Algues
DEF

Algue bleue à la surface des eaux douces.

DEF

Résultat de la prolifération de certains peuplements d'algues, en l'absence de prédateurs appartenant aux niveaux trophiques supérieurs ou par compétition exercée par des espèces concurrentes.

CONT

[...] l'eutrophisation [...] comporte [...] de graves inconvénients : [...] mortalité massive de poissons lorsque les algues, après avoir formé des fleurs d'eau, s'enfoncent dans l'eau et se putréfient [...]

OBS

fleur d'eau : terme utilisé la plupart du temps au pluriel («fleurs d'eau»).

OBS

Le terme anglais «algal bloom» recouvre les deux notions de «prolifération d'algues», qui décrit la cause, et de «fleurs d'eau», qui décrit le résultat.

Key term(s)
  • fleurs d'eau

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Algas
DEF

Proliferación repentina de algas microscópicas en el agua.

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