some substances such as mercury tend to be found in increasing concentrations as one moves up the food chain. what is the term for this?

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some substances such as mercury tend to be found in increasing concentrations as one moves up the food chain. what is the term for this?

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Allison Richard · Answer 1

Biomagnification

Explanation:

Biomagnification can simply be described as the increase in the concentration of a toxin in the tissues of organisms as one moves up in a food chain. There might be a number of reasons for this increase in concentration of the toxin. Some of the reasons are:

The toxin, such as mercury, cannot be broken down in the bodies of the organisms. When the concentration of the toxin might increase as one moves up a food chain.