Levels, Importance and Main Components of Food Chain

Levels, Importance and Main Components of Food Chain

A Food chain can be defined as the feeding relationship between the different organisms that make up our ecosystem. An ecosystem is a commune of living organisms. The ecosystem also includes the non-living components like, earth, water, fire, air and ether. The living and non-living together form the environment. Within the environment, the living or…

Causes, Effects and Process of Biomagnification

Causes, Effects and Process of Biomagnification

Biomagnification stands for Biological Magnification, which means the increase of contaminated substances or toxic chemicals that take place in the food chains. These substances often arise from intoxicated or contaminated environments. The contaminants include heavy metals namely mercury, arsenic, pesticides such as DDT, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) compounds which are then taken up by organisms…