Can you list out mishaps in aquatic ecosystems occurred due to human interference?
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Factors Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems
Variability and change are natural processes in aquatic ecosystems, and ecosystem communities and individual organisms have in many cases adapted to different environmental conditions.
Human effects on aquatic ecosystems can result from pollution, changes to the landscape or hydrological systems, and larger-scale impacts such as global climate change. The complexity of aquatic ecosystems and the linkages within them can make the effect of disturbances on them difficult to predict. These linkages mean that damage to one component of the ecosystem can lead to impacts on other ecosystem components. Increasing our understanding of aquatic ecosystems can lead to better practices that minimize impacts on aquatic environments.
Select natural and human influences on aquatic ecosystems are described in the following sections:
Natural factors
Human influences
Human activities affects the aquatic system by :
(i) The wastes water, chemicals, that comes from the industries goes to the nearby aquatic bodies and pollutes the water sources, also resulting in the dead of aquatic organisms.
(ii) Dumping the wastes of sewage contaminates the water and pollutes our environment.
(iii) The fertilizers used by humans run off to the water bodies by rain and thus pollutes the water sources like river, oceans, lakes, etc.