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What does bioaccumulation mean?

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  1. (biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain
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Also, improve documentation on the use of these values in salt water and incorporate criteria that take account of bioaccumulation.
Evidence appears to be satisfactory to conclude high bioaccumulation and biomagnification.
Moving up the food chain, methylmercury concentrations increase, in a process known as bioaccumulation.
Biological processes are primarily biotransformation, biodegradation, and bioaccumulation.
However, DDT released before that time is still present in the environment and in various organisms in the process of bioaccumulation.
The Annex lists criteria for persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range environmental transport and adverse effects.

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