trophic transfer

可算名詞不可算名詞

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

日本語の意味

食物網の異なる栄養段階間で、化学物質、汚染物質、プラスチックなどの物質が移動する現象

Researchers measured the trophic transfer of microplastics and persistent organic pollutants from plankton to fish in the coastal ecosystem.

研究者たちは沿岸生態系で、プランクトンから魚へと微小プラスチックや残留性有機汚染物質などが栄養段階を通じて移動する様子を測定した。

意味（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.

trophic transfers

（ plural ）