Acute Toxicity of Chlorine-Produced Oxidants (CPO) to the Marine Invertebrates Amphiporeia virginiana and Eohaustorius washingtonianus

摘要: Inorganic chloramines are used as a disinfectant in drinking water well an anti-fouling agent cooling (Baldwin 1981; Haas et al., 1990) and found chlorinated wastewater that has not been dechlorinated. They formed when chlorine combines with ammonia or other nitrogenous organic compounds (Leao Selleck, 1983; Margerum 1994). The use of chloramine-treated Canada, notably, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, may result its discharge unintentional introduction into marine bodies.