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What is the primary ecological consequence of thermal pollution caused by discharging heated industrial effluents into natural water bodies?
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- 1It causes direct radioactive bioaccumulation across aquatic trophic levels.
- 2It increases water clarity, promoting excessive growth of deep benthic flora.
- 3It decreases dissolved oxygen solubility and disrupts reproductive cycles of aquatic organisms.✓
- 4It accelerates chemical precipitation of toxic heavy metals.
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It decreases dissolved oxygen solubility and disrupts reproductive cycles of aquatic organisms.
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