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What does biomagnify mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To concentrate (or become concentrated) by biomagnification.
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Those effects are exacerbated in piscivorous species, because of the tendency of PCBs to biomagnify at upper trophic levels.
Any form of Hg can be converted to methylmercury by natural means and then bioaccumulate and biomagnify as it progresses through aquatic food webs.
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.
Each of these compounds are important contaminants in biological systems as they readily bioaccumulate and biomagnify in the food chain.
Remote camera observations revealed that the nestlings died shortly after consuming sand lance, a fish species known to biomagnify saxitoxin.
Therefore, copper does not bioaccumulate or biomagnify in aquatic or terrestrial food chains.

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