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The rapid excessive growth of algae, generally caused by high nutrient levels and favourable conditions. Can result in deoxygenation of the water mass when the algae die, leading to the death of aquatic flora and fauna
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| Type | Name | Date | Summary |
 | Algal Blooms - Water Facts 6 (Water and Rivers Commission) | 1999 | Increasingly, algal blooms are a public health concern and an ecological problem in wetlands, waterways (rivers and estuaries) and oceans of south west Western Australia. This Water Facts leaflet describes the algae that live in our surface waters and the problems caused when they grow in excess forming algal blooms and ‘red tides’. Examples are given of some blooms affecting wetlands and estuaries in the south west. The management of algal blooms in the Swan and Canning rivers is described as a case history of a river system under environmental pressure. |