ECOLOGY
BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION
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species magnification
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biological magnification
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biological effect
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pollution effect
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification or bioaccumulation, is the increasing concentration of a substance such as a toxic chemical in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bioaccumulation refers to increase in concentration of a toxin at successive trophic levels.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hence, the organism at the highest trophic level has the maximum accumulation of toxic substances. Biomagnification does not occur due to the enrichment of nutrients in water bodies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification, is the increasing concentration of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.