euryhaline

(adjective)

able to tolerate various saltwater concentrations

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Examples of euryhaline in the following topics:

  • Osmoregulators and Osmoconformers

    • However, a few species, known as euryhaline organisms, spend part of their lifecycle in fresh water and part in seawater.
    • Compare the ability of stenohaline and euryhaline organisms to adapt to external fluctuations in salinity