trophic transfer

English

Noun

trophic transfer (countable and uncountable, plural trophic transfers)

1. The transference of materials, such as chemicals, contaminants, plastics, etc., through different trophic levels of the food web.
   • 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 26:

     It is also commonly observed that predators of seabirds ingest high quantities of plastics via trophic transfer.