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Chapter 38.3, Problem 7MC
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The reason by which bio-magnifications can disproportionally affects organisms at the top of a food chain.
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A process in which a chemical becomes most accumulated in the species at the peak of the trophic level is termed as bio-magnifications. The bio-magnifications take place for pollutants and other chemicals which shares two features.
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