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Despite government protection, human activities are impacting Okefenokee. In addition to acid rain, precipitation deposits mercury, emitted by coal-burning power plants and waste incinerators, to the swamp. How might this effect animal life in the swamp?

A) mercury levels cause death to all species in the swamp ecosystem

B) mercury in the swamp water is passed back to humans in their drinking water

C) biomagnification of mercury results in toxic levels of mercury high in the food chains

D) air pollution from local-burning planta results in an increase in acid rain which causes death to aquatic species

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biomagnification of mercury results in toxic levels of mercury high in the food chains this effect animal life in the swamp.

Biomagnification chemical can accumulate in an organism from exposure to both food and water, leading to a concentration that is higher than what would have happened with just water exposure and, consequently, higher than what equilibrium would predict. This process is known as biomagnification. When contaminated phytoplankton is consumed by slightly larger creatures known as zooplankton, the POPs that are absorbed into their tissues at a higher concentration are biomagnified. A zooplankton will consume more polluted phytoplankton and accumulate more pollutants as a result. Synthetic toxicants produced through artificial means are not considered toxin because a toxin is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms.

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