trophic transfer
English
Noun
trophic transfer (countable and uncountable, plural trophic transfers)
- The transference of materials, such as chemicals, contaminants, plastics, etc., through different trophic levels of the food web.
- 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 26:
- It is also commonly observed that predators of seabirds ingest high quantities of plastics via trophic transfer.
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