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The discharge of organic matter or nutrients is probably the commonest, the most fully documented and the best understood form of pollution. Indeed, organic enrichment is the classical form of pollution and there is a common tendency to speak of ‘pollution’ when organic enrichment is intended.
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Hellawell, J.M. (1986). The Effects of Organic Enrichment. In: Biological Indicators of Freshwater Pollution and Environmental Management. Pollution Monitoring Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4315-5_6
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