生せい物ぶつ濃のう縮しゅく

noun

biological concentration; bioconcentration

Technical term in ecology and environmental science for the accumulation of substances in organisms.

• 生せい物ぶつ濃のう縮しゅくによって、食しょく物もつ連れん鎖さの上じょう位いの生せい物ぶつほど有ゆう害がい物ぶっ質しつが蓄ちく積せきしやすい。

  Through biological concentration, organisms higher in the food chain tend to accumulate more harmful substances.