Mercury travels up the food chain from plants to mayfly larvae to dragonfly larvae to fish to birds.
Diagram representation of mercury biomagnification up the food chain.
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Mayfly (Ian Alexander), Dragonfly (USGS), Fish (USFWS), Bird (USFWS). All images modified by J. Willacker to remove background.