Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism. Bioaccumulation occurs when an organism...
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transport, which allows them to travel far from their source, and bioaccumulation, which reconcentrates these chemical compounds to potentially dangerous...
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Creosote (section Bioaccumulation)
effects. Bioaccumulation is the process by which an organism takes in chemicals through ingestion, exposure, and inhalation. Bioaccumulation is broken...
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interchangeably with "bioaccumulation", an important distinction is drawn between the two, and with bioconcentration. Bioaccumulation occurs within a trophic...
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Triclosan (section Bioaccumulation)
which potentially endangers marine organisms and may lead to further bioaccumulation. Ozone is considered to be an effective tool for removing triclosan...
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Ciguatoxin (section Bioaccumulation)
Ciguatoxins are a class of toxic polycyclic polyethers found in fish that cause ciguatera. There are several different chemicals in this class. "CTX" is...
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Mesopelagic zone (section Bioaccumulation)
approximately 200 fish sampled in the North Atlantic had consumed plastic. Bioaccumulation (a buildup of a certain substance in the adipose tissue) and biomagnification...
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Biosorption (section Differences from bioaccumulation)
biomass which resulted in a shift in research from bioaccumulation to biosorption. Though bioaccumulation and biosorption are used synonymously, they are...
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the likely deleterious effects it could have on organisms through bioaccumulation, association with particulate matters, and sorption. Not until about...
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nanoplastics (MNPs) are ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact, with bioaccumulation varying based on particle size, composition, and physicochemical characteristics...
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Mirex (section Bioaccumulation and biomagnification)
Mirex is an organochloride that was commercialized as an insecticide and later banned because of its impact on the environment. This white crystalline...
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Pacific Gyre San Francisco Estuary tide pool Processes Ascendency Bioaccumulation Cascade effect Climax community Competitive exclusion principle Consumer–resource...
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the food web Bioaccumulation controls internal concentrations of pollutants, including PFAS, in individual organisms. When bioaccumulation is looked at...
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impacts of a chemical into three primary categories: persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity. Since medications are inherently bio-active, most are...
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nontarget organisms. TBT toxicity can lead to biomagnification or bioaccumulation within such nontarget organisms like invertebrates, vertebrates, and...
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Piertney, Stuart B.; Fujii, Toyonobu; Zhang, Zulin (13 February 2017). "Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in the deepest ocean fauna". Nature...
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Polychlorinated naphthalene (section Bioaccumulation)
Polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) are the products obtained upon treatment of naphthalene with chlorine. The generic chemical formula is C10H8−(m+n)Cl(m+n)...
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Chassard-Bouchaud, C.; Galle, P.; Escaig, F.; Miyawaki, M. (1984). "Bioaccumulation of lithium by marine organisms in European, American, and Asian coastal...
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; Cheetham, A. K.; Grey, C. P. & Skarnulis, A. J. (1992). "Uranium bioaccumulation by a Citrobacter sp. as a result of enzymically mediated growth of...
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in the tissues of many species of aquatic life in a process called bioaccumulation. They also accumulate in benthic environments, such as estuaries and...
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Hesslein, R. H.; Mills, K. H.; Schwartz, W. J.; Turner, M. A. (1998). "Bioaccumulation of radionuclides in fertilized Canadian Shield lake basins". The Science...
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Triclocarban (section Bioaccumulation)
associated with hydrophobicity, persistence in the environment, and bioaccumulation in fatty tissues of living organisms. For this reason, chlorine is...
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Pollution in Door County, Wisconsin relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land in Door County, Wisconsin. Pollution is defined as the...
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because of their contributions to ozone depletion, global warming, bioaccumulation, and toxicity. The area of organofluorine chemistry often requires...
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projected anthropogenic emissions. One characteristic of peat is the bioaccumulation of metals concentrated in the peat. Accumulated mercury is of significant...
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S2CID 219476361. Morel FM, Kraepiel AM, Amyot M (1998). "The chemical cycle and bioaccumulation of mercury". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 29: 543–66....
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industrial activity, such as the Arctic, demonstrating diffusion and bioaccumulation after only a relatively brief period of widespread use. The Great Pacific...
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chronic toxicity or the consequences of bioaccumulation since siloxanes can be long-lived. Findings about bioaccumulation have been largely based on laboratory...
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inorganic selenium by a factor of 3000. Further concentration through bioaccumulation occurs along the food chain, as predators consume selenium-rich prey...
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December 29, 2009. Skwarzec, B; Struminska, D; Borylo, A (2001). "Bioaccumulation and distribution of plutonium in fish from Gdansk Bay". Journal of...
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