Which term refers to how mercury content increases up a food chain, concentrating in higher level predators?

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Cnd · Answer 1 · 2023-07-08T03:51:23+0000

Because mercury is a persistent substance, it can build up, or bioaccumulate, in living organisms, inflicting increasing levels of harm on higher order species such as predatory fish and fish eating birds and mammals through a process know as biomagnification

Which term refers to how mercury content increases up a food chain, concentrating in higher level predators?

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