Large amounts of nitrates in fertilizer can indirectly harm sea otters and even more directly degrade ecosystems because nitrates contain large quantities of bacteria that cause infections in sea otters they stimulate the growth of algae, increasing kelp growth they reduce seaweed growth, degrading kelp forest habitat and reducing the number of sea urchins for sea otters to eat nitrates contribute to tree growth along beaches, dramatically changing ocean habitats nitrates encourage sea urchin growth, meaning that there is not enough food for the sea otters

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Large amounts of nitrates in fertilizer can indirectly harm sea otters and even more directly degrade
ecosystems because
nitrates contain large quantities of bacteria that cause infections in sea otters
they stimulate the growth of algae, increasing kelp growth
they reduce seaweed growth, degrading kelp forest habitat and reducing the number of sea urchins for sea otters
to eat
nitrates contribute to tree growth along beaches, dramatically changing ocean habitats
nitrates encourage sea urchin growth, meaning that there is not enough food for the sea otters
Transcribed Image Text:Large amounts of nitrates in fertilizer can indirectly harm sea otters and even more directly degrade ecosystems because nitrates contain large quantities of bacteria that cause infections in sea otters they stimulate the growth of algae, increasing kelp growth they reduce seaweed growth, degrading kelp forest habitat and reducing the number of sea urchins for sea otters to eat nitrates contribute to tree growth along beaches, dramatically changing ocean habitats nitrates encourage sea urchin growth, meaning that there is not enough food for the sea otters
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