BIOC Bioaccumulation

bioconcentration factor in bioc

This is one of the fields contained within the Ecotoxicity superfield (ZECO). For more general information regarding Environmental Fate, see the Ecotoxicity message field (ET).

The search above retrieves those records for which there is bioconcentration factor data in the BIOC field.

Bioaccumulation, biomagnification and bioconcentration data are quoted primarily for fish, invertebrates, bacteria and algae in the BIOC field. Bioaccumulation is the progressive increase in the amount of a chemical in an organism or part of an organism which occurs because the rate of intake exceeds the organism's ability to remove the substance from its body. Bioconcentration is a process leading to a higher concentration of a chemical in an organism than in its environment. Lastly, biomagnification is a sequence of processes in an ecosystem by which higher concentrations are attained in organisms at higher trophic levels, i.e. at higher levels in the food chain. [Ref. Ecotoxicology Monitoring, Richardson, M. L. (ed.) VCH Publishers, Weinheim, 1993, pp 349-350].