List 3 ways by which aquatic life is affected by water pollution - Science - Natural Resources

Question

List 3 ways by which aquatic life is affected by water
pollution

Swati Sharma · Accepted Answer

The water pollution have following harmful effects on aquatic
life :

Increased concentration of nitogen and phosphorous due to
pollution in water bodies results in algal growth This algae
consumes all the oxygen of the water body and aquatic animals die
because of lack of oxygen
The pollutants can also be toxic for the fauna and flora of
aquatic ecosytem such as mercury
If there is discharge of hot water in the water bodies then it
causes thermal pollution There will be sudden increase in the
temperature of water and many of the organismas will not be able to
survive it and die

List 3 ways by which aquatic life is affected by water pollution.