If silver nanoparticles are ingested by zooplankton at the base of a freshwater food web, which consequence affecting higher trophic levels is most likely?

💡 Explanation

Biomagnification will occur, because non-degradable substances like silver nanoparticles become increasingly concentrated in organisms at higher trophic levels as they consume contaminated prey; therefore, top predators will have the highest silver concentrations, rather than a reduction in primary production.

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