Sewage Discharge and Fertilizer Runoff Is Detrimental to Coral Growth

Multiple Choice

Sewage discharge and fertilizer runoff is detrimental to coral growth because it increases the:

A) amount of inorganic nutrients in the water that stimulates excessive algal growth.
B) amount of toxic synthetic chemicals which stimulate excessive bacterial growth.
C) salinity of the water that results in coral bleaching.
D) water temperature that kills zooxanthellae.
E) water temperature that results in coral bleaching.