Which one of the following food chain is likely to have maximum concentration of harmful chemical a) Kingfisher, Zooplankton, - Science - Heredity and Evolution

Question

Which one of the following food chain is likely to have maximum
concentration of harmful chemical? a) Kingfisher, Zooplankton,
Fish, Phytoplankton

Akshat Kharbanda · Answer

Fishes eat plankton Kingfishers eat fishes Therefore,plankton are
producers(first trophic level),fishes are primary consumers(second
trophic level) and kingfishers are secondary consumers(third
trophic level) Now,according to principle of
biomagnification,higher trophic levels have higher accumulation of
harmful chemicals,Biomagnification is the phenomenon of progressive
accumulation of harmful inorganic chemicals as the trophic levels
increase Therfore,kingfisher has maximum concentration

Which one of the following food chain is likely to have maximum concentration of harmful chemical? a) Kingfisher, Zooplankton, Fish, Phytoplankton