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Where would you expect to find the largest concentration of mercury within marine life?Question 9Answersea birdsbenthic organismssharksshrimp

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Where would you expect to find the largest concentration of mercury within marine life?Question 9Answersea birdsbenthic organismssharksshrimp

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You would expect to find the largest concentration of mercury within sharks. This is because mercury accumulates up the food chain. Small organisms consume mercury in the water. These small organisms are then eaten by larger organisms, and so on, until it reaches the top of the food chain, which in the ocean is often sharks. Each time mercury moves up the food chain, its concentration increases. This process is known as biomagnification. Therefore, sharks, being at the top of the food chain, would have the highest concentration of mercury.

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