Which outcome occurs as intensive maize cultivation exhausts soil nutrients within a chinampa system?

💡 Explanation

When soil nutrients are exhausted, nutrient depletion limits maize yields due to reduced nutrient availability, creating a nutrient deficiency for the crops. Therefore declining yields necessitate fallow periods, rather than algal blooms, salinity, or methane, which are all contingent on organic matter or salts accumulating in the water or soil.

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