Therefore, copper does not bioaccumulate or biomagnify in aquatic or terrestrial food chains. |
This variation may be attributed on one hand, to their habitats and on the other hand to their inherent abilities to biomagnify the heavy metals. |
Those effects are exacerbated in piscivorous species, because of the tendency of PCBs to biomagnify at upper trophic levels. |
Each of these compounds are important contaminants in biological systems as they readily bioaccumulate and biomagnify in the food chain. |
But even after grappling with the concept of potentially harmful natural products, I was still captivated by the idea that some natural products could biomagnify. |
Although it can persist in sediments and accumulate in sediment-dwelling organisms, it does not biomagnify through the food chain. |