Marine mammals living along the Pacific Coast of North America encounter more than the fish, crustaceans, cephalopods and other marine mammals that live around them. Because contaminants such as mercury can move through marine food webs and biomagnify—becoming more concentrated as they move from prey to predator—fish-eating marine mammals can be exposed to higher levels of these pollutants.
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