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Biomagnification, also
known as
bioamplification or
biological magnification, is the
increase in
concentration of a substance, e.g a pesticide, in the...
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Toxicity induced by
metals is ****ociated with bioac****ulation and
biomagnification.
Storage or
uptake of a
metal faster than it is
metabolized and excreted...
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times higher than the
species they consume. This
process is
called biomagnification. For example,
herring contains mercury levels at
about 0.1
parts per...
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Tubifex worms acts as a
significant risk for
trophic transfer and
biomagnification of
microplastics up the
aquatic food chain. The
worms can
survive with...
- cats.
While it has been
claimed that
these cat
deaths resulted from
biomagnification of DDT - the cats
eating other creatures such as
lizards or ****roaches...
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chloride or methylmercury)
either directly or
through mechanisms of
biomagnification.
Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers...
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negative effects on the seed health. As seen in
Figure 4, food web
biomagnification refers to the
process by
which concentrations of
contaminants increase...
- be
magnified in
larger organisms. However, it is
predicted that the
biomagnification of
plastics in the food web will
depend on how much
plastic is ingested...
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Mirex is an
organochloride that was
commercialized as an
insecticide and
later banned because of its
impact on the environment. This
white crystalline...
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highly toxic toward nontarget organisms. TBT
toxicity can lead to
biomagnification or bioac****ulation
within such
nontarget organisms like invertebrates...
