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If a scientist wanted to determine if a forest environment had been polluted, which of the following groups of organisms typically would be the BEST indicator for the presence of pollutants?fishbirdsmammalsamphibiansinsects
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If a scientist wanted to determine if a forest environment had been polluted, which of the following groups of organisms typically would be the BEST indicator for the presence of pollutants?fishbirdsmammalsamphibiansinsects

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Mammals, because higher in the food chain, the concentration of toxins/pollutants increase, and because mammals are at the highest in forest food pyramid, they have the most amount/concentration of toxins in their tissues
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