EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Bioaccumulation is the process by which toxins enter the food web by building up in individual organisms, while biomagnification is the process by which toxins are passed from one trophic level to the next (and thereby increase in concentration) within a food web.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biomagnification is a process by which contaminant concentrations increase in the tissue of higher species of the food chain. As contaminated smaller organisms are consumed, chemicals are accumulated and magnified in the tissue and organs of larger animals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Further up the food chain, the concentration of the contaminant increases, sometimes resulting in the top consumer dying. Biomagnification is the buildup of concentration of a substance (x) in a food chain. For example the DDT concentration in parts per million increases with trophic level.

Detailed explanation-4: -The process of accumulating toxic chemicals such as pollutants, pesticides and other toxins directly into the human body either through the air, water, food intake, or directly through the skin is termed Bioaccumulation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term bioaccumulation is short for biological accumulation.