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trophic transfer

trophic transfer noun: the transference of materials, such as chemicals, contaminants, plastics, etc., through different trophic levels of the food web.

Noun

trophic transfer (countable and uncountable, plural trophic transfers)

  1. The transference of materials, such as chemicals, contaminants, plastics, etc., through different trophic levels of the food web.
    • It is also commonly observed that predators of seabirds ingest high quantities of plastics via trophic transfer.2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species...

Forms of trophic transfer

pluraltrophic transfers

Questions about trophic transfer

What does trophic transfer mean?
Trophic transfer means the transference of materials, such as chemicals, contaminants, plastics, etc., through different trophic levels of the food web.
What part of speech is trophic transfer?
Trophic transfer is a noun.
What is the plural of trophic transfer?
The plural of trophic transfer is trophic transfers.

Words near trophic transfer in the dictionary

  1. trophic cells
  2. trophic hormone
  3. trophic hormones
  4. trophic level
  5. trophic levels
  6. trophic transfer
  7. trophic transfers
  8. trophical
  9. trophically
  10. trophicity
  11. trophied

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