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bioaccumulation/biomagnification

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-003122

A process where chemicals are retained in fatty body tissue and increase in concentration over time. Biomagnification is the increase of tissue accumulation in species higher in the natural food chain as contaminated food species are eaten.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-003122
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
ReferencesEnvironmental Issues Terms & Acronyms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003122",
  "term": "bioaccumulation/biomagnification",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A process where chemicals are retained in fatty body tissue and increase in concentration over time. Biomagnification is the increase of tissue accumulation in species higher in the natural food chain as contaminated food species are eaten.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/bioaccumulation-biomagnification/"
}

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