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bioaccumulation
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bio·ac·cu·mu·la·tion  (b--kymy-lshn)
n.
The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism: the bioaccumulation of mercury in fish.
bio·ac·cumu·lative adj.
bioaccumulation  (b--kymy-lshn)
The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Bioaccumulation takes place within an organism when the rate of intake of a substance is greater than the rate of excretion or metabolic transformation of that substance. Compare biomagnification.


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Many previous studies have demonstrated that amphibian larvae developing in sites contaminated by CCWs bioaccumulate high concentrations of contaminants and exhibit developmental, physiologic, and behavioral abnormalities (reviewed by Rowe et al.
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