Biological Magnification - Refers to the process whereby certain substances such as pesticides or heavy metals move up the food chain, work their way into rivers or lakes, and are eaten by aquatic organisms such as fish, ...
Biological Magnification
Refers to the process whereby certain substances become more concentrated in tissues at each successive stage up the food web. (See bio accumulative substances.)
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biological magnification The step-by-step concentration of substances in successive levels of the food chain; commonly reported only for harmful substances.
Biomagnification (biological magnification): A cumulative increase in the concentrations of a persistent substance in successively higher levels of the food chain.
Substances that increase in concentration in living organisms as they take in contaminated air, water, or food because the substances are very slowly metabolized or excreted. (See biological magnification.)
Source: Terms of the Environment ...
 See also: River, Organism, Water, Concentration, Food chain
  
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