Biomagnification
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biomagnification-161-16128004
title:
Biomagnification
text:
Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification, is the increase in concentration of a substance, e.g a pesticide, in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain. This increase can occur as a result of:
- Persistence – where the substance cannot be broken down by environmental processes.
- Food chain energetics – where the substance's concentration increases progressively as it moves up a food chain.
- Low or non-existent rate of inte
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encyclopedia
description:
Process of progressive accumulation in food chain
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomagnification
date created:
2005-03-12T23:36:40Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:52:04Z
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