Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Bioaccumulation in food chains--a rational approach.

F Moriarty, C H Walker

    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
    |April 1, 1987
    PubMed
    Summary

    Pollutant movement in food webs is crucial for predicting ecological impacts. This study highlights the overlooked roles of animal size and metabolism in pollutant transfer.

    Related Concept Videos

    You might also read

    Related Articles

    Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

    Sort by
    Same author

    Patterns of pain medication usage and self-reported pain in older Irish adults with osteoarthritis: A latent class analysis of data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.

    BMC musculoskeletal disorders·2024
    Same author

    Evaluating time to withdrawal of anti-cancer drug indications that received FDA's accelerated approval.

    QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians·2024
    Same author

    A Propensity Score Matched Approach to Assess the Associations of Commonly Prescribed Medications with Fall Risk in a Large Harmonized Cohort of Older Ambulatory Persons.

    Drugs & aging·2021
    Same author

    A critical review of the in vitro and in vivo models for the evaluation of anti-infective meshes.

    Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery·2018
    Same author

    Supporting prescribing in Irish primary care: protocol for a non-randomised pilot study of a general practice pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in primary care.

    Pilot and feasibility studies·2018
    Same author

    Chronic Cocaine Treatment Alters Social/Aggressive Behavior in Sprague-Dawley Rat Dams and in Their Prenatally Exposed Offspring<sup>a</sup>.

    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·2017

    Area of Science:

    • Ecology
    • Environmental Science
    • Toxicology

    Background:

    • Understanding pollutant biomagnification in food webs is essential for ecological risk assessment.
    • Current models often overlook key biological factors influencing contaminant dynamics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the impact of animal size and metabolic rate on the transfer and accumulation of pollutants within ecological food webs.
    • To highlight the necessity of incorporating these factors into ecological effect predictions.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of existing literature on pollutant kinetics in various animal taxa.
    • Comparative analysis of metabolic rates and body sizes across different trophic levels.
    • Exploration of how allometry and metabolic scaling influence contaminant bioaccumulation and biomagnification.

    Main Results:

    • Animal size and metabolic rate significantly influence the rate and extent of pollutant movement through food webs.
    • Smaller animals with higher metabolic rates may exhibit different pollutant dynamics compared to larger, less metabolically active organisms.
    • Ignoring these factors can lead to inaccurate predictions of ecological effects.

    Conclusions:

    • Animal size and metabolism are critical, yet often neglected, determinants of pollutant fate in ecosystems.
    • Future ecological models predicting pollutant effects must integrate these biological parameters for improved accuracy.
    • Further research is needed to quantify these relationships across diverse species and contaminant types.

    Related Experiment Videos