Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of tolerating a wide range of salt water concentrations. Used of an aquatic organism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a wide range or capacity as to saltness; able to endure great changes in the salinity of water.
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- adjective
Able totolerate varioussaltwater concentrations.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are likely to be shifts in species composition to more euryhaline and anadromous species.
Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic 2009
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Increased river discharge could possibly create estuarine areas, providing new habitat opportunities for euryhaline species.
Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic 2009
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While the warmer-water percid and cyprinid species are restricted to the southwest and unlikely to extend their range to the north (unless moved by humans) because of dispersal barriers [18], the euryhaline salmonids are able to move from estuary to estuary as conditions allow.
Climate change effects on arctic freshwater fish populations 2009
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In estuarine habitats, there are likely to be shifts in species composition to more euryhaline and anadromous species (e.g., fourhorn sculpin – Myoxocephalus quadricornis, ninespine stickleback – Pungitius pungitius, threespine stickleback – Gasterosteus aculeatus, Arctic flounder – Pleuronectes glacialis, salmonines, and coregonines).
Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic 2009
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A list of freshwater, anadromous, and euryhaline fishes of California.
Biological diversity in the California Floristic Province 2008
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The alternative, that tetrapods radiated independently from lobe-fins that had originally been euryhaline [salt-tolerating] and subsequently lost their salt tolerance, seems even more unlikely and countered by the detailed similarities that are found in the tetrapods now known from over the world.
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The alternative, that tetrapods radiated independently from lobe-fins that had originally been euryhaline [salt-tolerating] and subsequently lost their salt tolerance, seems even more unlikely and countered by the detailed similarities that are found in the tetrapods now known from over the world.
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