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Environment and Ecology Concept of Ecosystems

“In __________________ there is an increase in concentration of a pollutant from the environment in the first organism in a food chain.” Choose the alternative that best fills the blank.

Biomagnification

Bioaccumulation

Bioconcentration

Both A and B

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Explanation:

Generally, bioaccumulation and biomagnification are used interchangeably but in ecology there is a slight difference. The bioaccumulation is an intra-trophic level process where as biomagnification is inter-trophic level phenomenon. Bioaccumulation is increase in concentration of pollutant within the organisms of same trophic level through ingestion of the pollutant. Therefore, B is a justified answer.