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Similiаr tо the wаy the pesticide dichlоrоdiphenyltrichloroethаne (DDT) accumlates up the marine food web, methylmercury (MeHg) also bioaccumulates. Imagine you are a scientist trying to estimate the bioaccumulation of mercury within a food web you are studying. Estimate the concentration of MeHg for each trophic level in a five-trophic level food chain, assuming a MeHg concentration of 0.004 µg/kg in the water and a constant accumulation rate of 10. Water 0.004 μg/kg