Question

Mercury is known to biomagnify in food chains, in the same manner as ddt. based on your knowledge of biomagnification of ddt, which organism would you expect to contain the most mercury in a contaminated lake? select one:

Answer 1

So based on the knowledge of DDT Biomagnification, the fish eating birds would contains the most mercury in the contaminated lake. Biomagnification is the process of increase in the concentration of toxic chemical in the organisms and this process can be avoided by the use of toxic chemical pesticides in the water system and consume organic foods.