biomagnification
bioamplification
biological magnification

It's the law of the food chain, and it's called biomagnification.

This system of passing contamination on to larger organisms is also known as biomagnification.

Ecological investigations have found that biomagnification up the food chain does occur.

The phenomena to which you refer is called bioaccumulation and biomagnification.

Movement of dioxins through the food web has resulted in bioconcentration and biomagnification.

This process is called biomagnification.

This became known as Minimata disease and was traced to biomagnification of heavy metals in fish.

Through this process of biomagnification, the methylmercury concentration increases the further up the food chain it reaches.

The biomagnification of methylmercury has a most significant influence on the impact on animals and humans.

As a result, although accumulation/magnification can be observed, the extent of mercury biomagnification in fish is not easily predicted across different sites.

This is known as biomagnification, which is occasionally used interchangeably with bioaccumulation.

This is opposed to biomagnification and is due to a decreased concentration from increased algal uptake.

Secondary and tertiary consumers accumulate even higher concentrations of these metals by the same logic (for more information on this process, see biomagnification).

Bioaccumulation is followed by biomagnification.

Food chain studies have had an important role in ecotoxicology studies tracing the pathways and biomagnification of environmental contaminants.

Biomagnification (magnification of toxins with increasing trophic level)

Bald Eagles, like many birds of prey, were especially affected by DDT due to biomagnification.

Further studies found DDT in high concentrations in carnivores all over the world, the result of biomagnification through the food chain.

Biomagnification describes situations where toxins (such as heavy metals) may pass through trophic levels, becoming exponentially more concentrated in the process.

Due to bioaccumulation and biomagnification, the species at the top of the trophic pyramid are most vulnerable to dioxin-like compounds.

Pesticide biomagnification caused organochlorine to build up in the falcons' fat tissues, reducing the amount of calcium in their eggshells.

In addition to eating the seeds directly, BMAA may have found its way into human diets by way of biomagnification.

Biomagnification of conservative chemicals such as toxic metals can be harmful to apex predators like orca whales, osprey, and bald eagles.

Biomagnification of PCP in the food chain is not thought to be significant due to the fairly rapid metabolism of the compound by exposed organisms.

Biomagnification - The process by which the concentration of a chemical in the tissues of an organism increases as it passes through several levels in the food web.

Rachel Carson wrote the best-selling book Silent Spring about biological magnification.

Biological magnification is the process whereby these chlorinated hydrocarbons (pesticides) are more concentrated at each level of the food chain.

The primary concern for tritium release is the presence in drinking water, in addition to biological magnification leading to tritium in crops and animals consumed for food.