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a. concentration of a chemical in organisms increasing as the pollutant moves up a food chain
b. energy transfer increasing as it moves up a food chain
c. fixation of nutrients from the atmosphere
d. entrance into the biological portion of a biogeochemical cycle
e. increase in food web members in biologically diverse ecosystems


a

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