define biological magnification?
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The increase in concentration of harmful chemical substances like pesticides in the body of living organisms at each trophic level of a given food chain is called biological magnification.
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The most common pesticide is DDT.It enters the food chain at the producer level and in the process get accumulated at each trophic level. Since human beings are at the top level of any food chain so the maximum amount of DDT or any other pesticide get accumulated in their body
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The most common pesticide is DDT.It enters the food chain at the producer level and in the process get accumulated at each trophic level. Since human beings are at the top level of any food chain so the maximum amount of DDT or any other pesticide get accumulated in their body
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Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification, is any concentration of a toxin, such as pesticides, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
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