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Nutrient enrichment of a lake will cause

  • eutrophication

  • stratification

  • biomagnification

  • bioaccumulation

Solution

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eutrophication

Eutrophication is an increase in the concentration of chemical nutrients in an ecosystem to an extent that increases the primary productivity of the ecosystem.

Stratification is a system or formation of layers, classes or categories. In ecology, it refers to the vertical layering of a habitat or the vertical arrangement of vegetation in layers.

Biomagnification is the increasing concentration of a substance, such as toxic chemical, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.

Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of substances such as pesticides or other chemicals is an organism.

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