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Which term describes the process whereby toxic substances increase along trophic levels of an ecosystem?

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Biomagnification also known as bioamplification or biological magnification is the term which describes the process whereby toxic substance increase along trophic level of an ecosystem. It involve increasing concentration of a substance such toxic chemical in the tissues of organism at successively higher level in food chain.example fish accumulate more mercury rapidly than they excrete it.
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