Chloramine

Chloramine

This substance is sometimes used as a bactericide in municipal water supplies. It it poisonous to fish, but can be removed with special dechlorinating compounds. Unlike chlorine, it will not evaporate from water by itself.

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Chemistry; Organic chemistry

CH 3 C 6 H 4 SO 2 NClNa_3H 2 O A white, crystalline powder that decomposes slowly in air, freeing chlorine; used as an antiseptic, a germicide, and an oxidizing agent and ...

chloramine

Fishing; Fish farming

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chloramines

Natural environment; Water

A chemical complex that consists of chlorine and ammonia. It serves as a water disinfectant in public water supplies in place of chlorine because chlorine can combine with ...

chloramination

Environment; Pollution

"Chloramination: the process of treating drinking water by applying chlorine before or after ammonia. This creates a persistent disinfectant residual."

bycatch

Fishing; Fish farming

Bycatch (or by-catch) is the portion of a fishing catch caught unintentionally in a fishery, in addition to the targeted catch, and discarded as unwanted or commercially unusable.

fishery

Fishing; Fish farming

The industry or occupation devoted to the catching, processing, or selling of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic animals.

biological filtration

Fishing; Fish farming

These filters make use of bacteria to break down wastes in the water into substances which are less toxic to the inhabitants, in a process known as the nitrogen cycle. Examples ...

biological reference points

Fishing; Fish farming

Fishing mortality rates that may provide acceptable protection against growth overfishing and/or recruitment overfishing for a particular stock. They are usually calculated from ...

biomass

Fishing; Fish farming

Measure of the quantity, usually by weight in pounds or metric tons (2,205 pounds = 1 metric ton), of a stock at a given time.

brackish

Fishing; Fish farming

Water that part-way between freshwater and marine. A number of species prefer partly-salty water.

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