Difference between revisions of "Biomagnification"
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| − | Biomagnification is [[bioaccumulation]] through ingestion of prey items. It causes contaminant concentration to increase with increasing trophic level. Because of biomagnification low trofic level species (like phytoplancton) have a lower contaminent concentration than high trophic level species (like birds). | + | {{ |
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| + | |definition= Biomagnification is [[bioaccumulation]] through ingestion of prey items. It causes contaminant concentration to increase with increasing trophic level. Because of biomagnification low trofic level species (like phytoplancton) have a lower contaminent concentration than high trophic level species (like birds). | ||
| + | <ref>http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/terminology/concept_html?term=biomagnificatione.</ref>.}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:11, 1 July 2009
Definition of Biomagnification:
Biomagnification is bioaccumulation through ingestion of prey items. It causes contaminant concentration to increase with increasing trophic level. Because of biomagnification low trofic level species (like phytoplancton) have a lower contaminent concentration than high trophic level species (like birds).
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This is the common definition for Biomagnification, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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