What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be different at different levels of the ecosystem?

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asked Jun 14, 2017 in Environmental Science by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 435 1336

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answered Jun 14, 2017 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 24
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Progressive increase in the concentration of non-biodegradable substances in a food chain is called biological magnification.

The level of these harmful substances will go on increasing from one trophic level to the next. When certain harmful substances enter the food chain at the level of primary producers,-they get concentrated many times at each subsequent trophic level.

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