Environment & Ecology · Environmental Pollution
Consider the following statements with reference to bioaccumulation and biomagnification: I. Bioaccumulation refers to the progressive build-up of harmful substances within the body of an organism over time. II. Bioaccumulation takes place when the intake of a substance exceeds the organism's ability to metabolise or eliminate it. III. Biomagnification leads to an increase in the concentration of certain pollutants as one moves up successive trophic levels in a food chain. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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I, II and III
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