Trophic levels

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Trophic levels: ecological levels of nutrition. In the Baltic Sea white-tailed eagle feeds on salmon, which feeds on herring, which feeds on small crustaceans and animal plankton, which feeds on phytoplankton. Chemicals may be transferred and bioconcentrated along such trophic levels. [1]


References

  1. Jouko Tuomisto, Terttu Vartiainen and Jouni T. Tuomisto: Dioxin synopsis. Report. National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), ISSN 1798-0089 ; 14/2011 [1]