Which environmental effect reduces chinampa fertility when irrigation canals experience increased sedimentation?

💡 Explanation

When canals have increased sedimentation, reduced water flow diminishes nutrient replenishment and gas exchange, lessening aeration around the roots, because oxygen diffusion slows in compacted soil. Therefore, reduced root aeration results rather than salinity or thermal stratification, which are caused by other environmental changes.

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