biomagnifier

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ magnifier

Noun

biomagnifier (plural biomagnifiers)

  1. An organism that is involved in biomagnification
    • 2015 November 11, “Biomonitoring Heavy Metal Pollution Using an Aquatic Apex Predator, the American Alligator, and Its Parasites”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142522:
      However, pentastomids also employed the role as a good biomagnifier of As. Interestingly, parasitic abundance decreased as levels of As increased.
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