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How does large amount of sewage dumped into the ocean kill fish?
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Sewage contains many different contaminants that can harm fish. These include:
* Biologically active materials: These materials decompose my microbial action. This activity reduces the oxygen dissolved in the water and essentially suffocates the fish * Cleaners and othe pH altering materials: These materials affect fish by attacking the gill membranes * Pharmaceuticals: These materials have along term impact on fish reproduction * Parasites: Sewage can contain parasites that infect fish * Temperature: The warm sewage can kill fish quickly by thermal shock and oxygen reduction or on a long term basis by changing the makeup of the local ecosystem * Sedimentation: Solids from the sewage can cover breeding or spawning areas * Nurients: The nutrients in the sewage can eutrophy the local waters leading to algal blooms, oxygen depletion, the overgrowth of undersitable species or stratification of the water into aerobic and anaerobic layers
Josianne Prohaska
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1000022552582
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