trophic dilution

synonyms: biominification, bioreduction
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15112
Decrease in contaminant concentration as trophic level increases; this results from a net balance of ingestion rate, uptake from food, internal transformation, and elimination processes favoring loss of contaminant that enters the organism via food.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 960 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'trophic dilution' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15112 RIS BibTex EndNote
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