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What is Biomagnification and what is the...

What is Biomagnification and what is the main reason for Biomagnification?

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It is the increas in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels in a food chain which is called Biomagnification. It happens because a toxic substance accumulated by an organism can not be metabolised or excreted and is thus passed on to the next higher trophic level.
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