choking blooms

A form of choking bloom — An event in which a colony of plants, algae, or bacteria becomes so widespread in a body of water that it draws enough oxygen out of the water to kill other inhabitants of that ecosystem, and eventually becomes unable to sustain itself.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of choking bloom
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