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Increase in the concentration of toxicants at successive trophic level is called

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BOD
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Biomagnification
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Eutrophication
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Algal Bloom
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Solution

The correct option is B Biomagnification
  • Biomagnification is defined as the accumulation of a particular substance in the body of the organisms at different trophic levels of a food chain.
  • One example of biomagnification is the accumulation of insecticide DDT which gets accumulated in zooplanktons. Small fishes consume these zooplanktons.
  • Small fishes are consumed by large fish which are finally consumed by fish-eating birds present at the highest position in the tropic level.
  • Hence, the organism at the highest trophic level has the maximum accumulation of toxic substances.
    Thus the correct answer is option B.

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