Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding algal blooms?

  1. The freshwater and ocean blooms have been found to be anthropogenic.

  2. Looms may be observed in freshwater aquariums.

  3. Freshwater algal blooms are the result of deficiency of nutrients.

  4. Bright green blooms are a result of cyanobacteria.

  5. Red tide is a term often used to describe HABs in marine coastal areas.
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Explanation

Freshwater algal blooms are the result of an excess of nutrients, particularly some phosphates. 

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