Biological magnification refers to the

a. increase in size of animals as they progress through a food chain.
b. increase in size of organisms as they progress through ecological succession.
c. increase in the efficiency of energy utilization as organisms progress through a food chain.
d. accumulation of toxic pollutants as animals pass through a food chain.
e. growth of organ size within organisms.


D

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