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Question
DDT was sprayed in a lake to regulate breeding of mosquitoes. How would it affect the trophic levels in the following food chain associated with a lake? Justify your answer.
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Solution
- DDT being a non- biodegradable pesticide will enter the food chain from the first trophic level i.e Plankton.
- Non – biodegradable pesticides accumulate progressively at each trophic level. This phenomenon is known as biological magnification.
- HAWK will have the highest level of pesticide.
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