Biomagnification
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Biomagnification is bioaccumulation through ingestion of prey items. It causes contaminant concentration to increase with increasing trophic level. Because of biomagnification low trofic level species (like phytoplancton) have a lower contaminent concentration than high trophic level species (like birds).
http://glossary.eea.europa.eu/terminology/concept_html?term=biomagnification
