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Biomagnification in a Lake Ontario food chain.

Biomagnification in a Lake Ontario food chain.
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Description: The DDT tissue concentration in gulls, a tertiary consumer, was about 240 times that in the small insects sharing the same environment. The biomagnification of DDT in lipids causes its concentration to increase at each successive link in the food chain.
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