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Algal blooms, and the rapid proliferation of photosynthetic plankton can ultimately end up depleting all the oxygen from a body of water.


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When blooms die, their decomposition by aerobic bacteria consumes large amounts of dissolved oxygen, causing hypoxia or anoxia (so-called "dead zones") in the water.