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Why is the predator at the top of the food chain most at risk from bioaccumulation?
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∙ 15y ago
Bioaccumulation begins by producers picking up non-biodegradable pollutants from the water that they cannot metabolise or get rid of. It is hence concentrated and stored and passed on to their next predator. Up the trophic levels in food chains, organisms are required to feed on more prey in order to obtain the sufficient amount of energy required, and therefore the predators at the top of the food chain will feed on many prey with the non-biodegradable pollutants accumulated in them and therefore they may end up having a large amount of pollutant within themselves and die.
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∙ 10y agoWhichever one is the highest trophic level.
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In a food pyramid where are most of the toxins found?
The top of the food chain. As organisms consume other organisms, the toxins are all passed up in the food chain. Therefore, the top of the food chain will have the highest concentration of toxins.
Is a ecosystem or herbivores or nutrients and minerals most important in a food chain?
Yes they r all important in a food chain
What level of the food chain has the most energy?
Producers
What is an animal called that hunts for food?
Most animals that are carnivous hunt other animals for food.
Why is there a limit to the number of energy transfers in a food chain thermodynamics?
the energy of a food chain goes down as it moves up the food chain. so the primary producer has the most energy and the quaternary consumers have the least amount of energy. -kait B :)
What are the advantages of a food chain?
A food web is more accurate than a food chain. Animals eat different things, and are eaten by different things, a web will show all or most of its predators and prey, whereas a food chain will only show one predator and one prey.
What do animals never eat?
Usually animals do not eat the predator that is above them in the food chain. In some rare cases they can even out the chain and try to eat one another but most of the time this does not happen.
What is the most feared pedator in Antarctica?
Since there is no food chain in Antarctica, and since no animals live there, one could deduce that the most feared predator could be a human, who visits there.
What is the weasels food chain?
The weasels food chain is as follows: A weasels food chain is a predator. They prey on mammals. They can live anywhere they want to live. They can raise their children anywhere.
What animal is the land predator?
There are several land animals, but probably the most feared is the lion. To this day, it still remains at the top of the food chain in both Africa and Asia.
What are a birds predator?
It depends on what bird but most birds are the top of the food chain many falcons eat smaller birds the same goes for hawks and eagles
Which of these food chain roles would most likely be filled by a predator?
the top predator in the oceans food chain is the killer whale.they will eat anything,even any type of shark.(that includes the great white shark.)killer whales live in all the oceans of the world
What do you call a food chain when it goes backwards?
most of the time it wont, but the answer is a Kink in the food chain, slang is a clank in the food chain.
What is a cat in the food chain?
Most cats are considered to be predator's.
Where is the lemur on a food chain?
The lemur on a food chain is in the middle, not the most specific answer though. Sorry.
How long can a food chain be?
A food chain can only be up to 5 trophic levels in length, including the producer. Only a small proportion of the previous organism's energy is passed down through trophic levels to the next organism. This diminishes the energy available, so there is little or no energy to be gained after the 5th stage of a food chain. :)
Do African leopards have predators?
As with most animals at the top of the its local food chain it has one predator which is humans. Humans often hunt them, sometimes illegally for their fur that can be sold for millions on world markets.
