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The avoidance behavior of fish is a sensitive indicator to aquatic contaminants such as surfactants, pesticides, and residual chlorine. This paper describes an avoidance test with special reference to monochloramine by medaka (killifish,Oryzias latipes) in a small modular chamber system with a symmetrical parallel-flow. The significant avoidance concentration (P = 0.05) was 5.7 μg/L as combined residual chlorine, which is the lowest among the residual chlorine avoidance concentrations reported in the literature. The avoidance curves of medaka to monochloramine exhibited a similar pattern to those of anionic surfactants.
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Hidaka, H., Tatsukawa, R. Avoidance test of a fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes), to aquatic contaminants, with special reference to monochloramine. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 14, 565–571 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01055386
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