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Which of the following is the building of pesticides in food chain?
Which of the following is the building of pesticides in food chain?
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The correct option is A Biological magnification
Slow metabolism and excretion of pesticides cause their accumulation in fat tissues of organisms (biomagnifications), particularly affecting the top consumers (carnivores) causing the decrease in their population size. Pesticides in water (through agricultural runoff) concentrate in fishes and then in Osprey (Ospreys feed on fishes). Biological Magnification is an accumulation of substances over subsequent trophic levels in the food chain. Thus, the correct answer is option A.
Slow metabolism and excretion of pesticides cause their accumulation in fat tissues of organisms (biomagnifications), particularly affecting the top consumers (carnivores) causing the decrease in their population size. Pesticides in water (through agricultural runoff) concentrate in fishes and then in Osprey (Ospreys feed on fishes). Biological Magnification is an accumulation of substances over subsequent trophic levels in the food chain. Thus, the correct answer is option A.
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