Biomagnification is the process by which the level of contaminants increase as they move upwards in a food chain. If bivalves in the Chesapeake Bay become contaminated from run-off, which organism will experience the highest level of contamination?    a) Bivalves b) Sea duck c) Tundra swan d) Bald eagle

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Biomagnification is the process by which the level of contaminants increase as they move upwards in a food chain. If bivalves in the Chesapeake Bay become contaminated from run-off, which organism will experience the highest level of contamination? 
 
a) Bivalves
b) Sea duck
c) Tundra swan
d) Bald eagle
Chesapeake Bay Waterbird Food Web
Tertiary
Consumers:
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Secondary
Consumers: Gulls and
Tems,
Wading Birds
Large Piscivorous
Fish
Sea Ducks
Tundra Swan
Primary
Consumers:
Small Planktivorous
Fish
Bivalves
Benthic
Invertebrates
Herbivores: Zooplankton
Herbivorous
Ducks
Geese and
Mute Swans
Primary
Producers:
Phytoplankton
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV)
Vegetation
Transcribed Image Text:Chesapeake Bay Waterbird Food Web Tertiary Consumers: Osprey Bald Eagle Secondary Consumers: Gulls and Tems, Wading Birds Large Piscivorous Fish Sea Ducks Tundra Swan Primary Consumers: Small Planktivorous Fish Bivalves Benthic Invertebrates Herbivores: Zooplankton Herbivorous Ducks Geese and Mute Swans Primary Producers: Phytoplankton Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Vegetation
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