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vlada-n [284]
3 years ago
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What does the pyramid of biological magnification

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Amanda [17]3 years ago
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For the answer to the question above asking what does the pyramid of biological magnification. Biomagnification, also known as amplification 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. <span>DDT was a commonly-used pesticide before its dangers became known. In some aquatic ecosystems, organisms from each trophic level consumed many organisms of the lower level, which caused DDT to increase in birds (apex consumers) that ate fish.</span>
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