Question: Selected water quality parameters for a river and a tributary are as follows ( a tributary is a stream that goes into river ) :

Selected water quality parameters for a river and a tributary are as follows (a tributary is a stream that goes into river):
\table[[Parameter,River,Tributary],[Flow rate (cfs),50,25],[Total phosphorus (mgL),0.02,0.3],[Chlorophyll (mgL),0.05,0.1]]
Recognizing that algae growth in this system is limited by phosphorus concentrations less than 0.015mgL, the longitudinal profile of the algae concentration in the main river downstream of the confluence point will probably:
A) stay the same
C) decrease continuously
B) decrease first and then increase
D) increase first and then decrease
Selected water quality parameters for a river and

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