Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Biomagnification


Biomagnification is the process by which a pollutant can become more and more concentrated at each step in the food chain. This normally means that the place where pollutants (such as mercury) are most concentrated are in the biggest fish. So in the picture to the left, the organism that would have the highest concentration of the toxin would be the catfish.

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