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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Trophic magnification"”.
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Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants and trace metals in Scottish marine food webs and their relationship with trophic level and fatty acid signatures.
… be more difficult to sample, with generic trophic level values obtained from literature and databases adding additional uncertainty to assessments. Currently, assessment criteria for organic and inorganic contaminants either do not account for secondary poisoning as a route of exposure, or …
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Polonium-210 in Freshwater Environments: Analytical Advances, Predictive Modelling, Food Web Transfer and Dose Assessment
… significantly influenced biological uptake. Trophic magnification factors demonstrated clear biomagnification of ²¹⁰Po and trophic diminution of ²¹⁰Pb, with ²¹⁰Po:²¹⁰Pb activity ratios increasing with trophic position, reflecting preferential assimilation of ²¹⁰Po. Site- and tissue-specific …