Examples of 'bioaccumulate' in a sentence

Meaning of "bioaccumulate"

bioaccumulate (verb) - the process of accumulating substances in living organisms, often used in environmental or biological contexts
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  • To accumulate in a biological system over time.

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Contaminants then bioaccumulate up the food chain.
To bioaccumulate literally means to accumulate in a biological system.
Chloroform does not significantly bioaccumulate in aquatic organisms.
Saxitoxins bioaccumulate in shellfish and certain finfish.
Barium is not carcinogenic and does not bioaccumulate.
They bioaccumulate due to their chemical stability.
In that way toxic substances will bioaccumulate.
It can bioaccumulate in plants and in mammals.
It is an indicator of how probable a chemical is to bioaccumulate.
These biomagnify and bioaccumulate in the food web.
If the substance has a potential to bioaccumulate.
Chlorothalonil does not bioaccumulate in aquatic organisms.
This indicates that phthalate esters can bioaccumulate.
The species is a known to bioaccumulate heavy metals and nitrogen.
Some of them are persistent in the environment and bioaccumulate.

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The chemicals can bioaccumulate in the body over time.
There are alternative fire retardants that do not bioaccumulate.
Methylmercury can also bioaccumulate and biomagnify in food webs.
Some radioactive elements also bioaccumulate.
Pesticides may also bioaccumulate in farmed animals through contaminated feed.
Due to its physicochemical properties it has the potential to bioaccumulate.
The potential of dichloromethane to bioaccumulate has been examined in few studies.
It is rapidly metabolised by crops after application and does not bioaccumulate.
Potential to bioaccumulate in biota.
Does it have the potential to bioaccumulate.
Marine organisms tend to bioaccumulate lithium more than terrestrial ones.
It has the potential to bioaccumulate.
Toxic heavy metals can bioaccumulate in organisms as they are hard to metabolize.
It has low potential to bioaccumulate.
Bioaccumulate in living things.
Potential to persist and bioaccumulate.
These metals can bioaccumulate in the food chain and affect reproduction.
This chlorinated organic compound is persistent and tends to bioaccumulate.
Both aquatic invertebrates and fish bioaccumulate chlordecone to very high levels.
Then the chemicals were tested and it was discovered that they bioaccumulate.
This product is not expected to bioaccumulate through food chains in the environment.
In this way the toxins move up the foodchain and bioaccumulate.
Many chemical pollutants bioaccumulate in the blubber and other tissues of cetaceans.
It is assumed that in humans components of octaBDE might bioaccumulate in adipose tissue.
Contaminants will likely bioaccumulate and biomagnify in ways not yet understood.
Pollutants liable to bioaccumulate.
It has a low tendency to bioaccumulate and no tendency to biomagnify through food chains.
It is assumed that in humans components of octaBDE commercial mixtures bioaccumulate in adipose tissue.
This is because the seals bioaccumulate mercury and POPs over time.
Some are pervasive and widely dispersed in the environment and may bioaccumulate.
Dioxins are fat soluble and it can bioaccumulate in the food chain.
Some russulas can bioaccumulate high levels of toxic metals from their environment.
Fully fluorinated compounds have the potential to bioaccumulate and biomagnify in wildlife.
It can bioaccumulate all along the food chain and causes severe diseases being thus lethal.
Particular focus is put on persistence and potential to bioaccumulate as key test criteria.

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