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Biomagnification refers to
BiologyEnvironmental IssuesNEET
Options:
  • A high production in agroecosystems.
  • B high production in marine ecosystems.
  • C increasing concentration of pollutant into higher trophic level through successive food chains.
  • D increasing concentration of pollutants into an organism of lower trophic levels through food chains.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: increasing concentration of pollutant into higher trophic level through successive food chains.
The phenomenon where chemical substances concentration increase at each trophic level in a food chain/web is termed as biomagnification. This occurs because more biomass needs to be consumed by the organisms of higher trophic level and these chemicals are not degraded rather accumulated.

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