trophic transfer

noun

The transference of materials, such as chemicals, contaminants, plastics, etc., through different trophic levels of the food web.

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Meanings

nountrophic transfer (countable and uncountable, plural trophic transfers)

plural trophic transfers

  1. countableuncountableThe transference of materials, such as chemicals, contaminants, plastics, etc., through different trophic levels of the food web.

    It is also commonly observed that predators of seabirds ingest high quantities of plastics via trophic transfer.

    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
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