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15 December, 13:26

Explain why toxic compounds usually have the greatest effect on top-level carnivores

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  1. 15 December, 16:50
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    This is because toxins are ingested by organisms and accumulate in the fatty tissues. Theses toxins then become more concentrated in successive trophic levels of a food web biological magnification. Magnification occurs because the biomass at any given trophic level is produced from a much larger biomass ingested from the level below and therefore, top-level carnivores tend to be the organisms most severely affected by toxic compounds.
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