salinity
- noun
- /səˈlɪnɪti/
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sabor salado
- Starting in 1959, the MSX disease began to kill most oysters over 50 mm long in salinities above 15% in Chesapeake Bay, including those in Hampton Roads.
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The argument now has extended beyond salinity because salt is only one manifestation of a seriously disrupted ecosystem.
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Such developments can alter the salinity, destroy the beds, and pollute the oysters.
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Unlike the Aral Sea, where changes in salinity occurred over a much more ecologically sensitive range, the increase in salinity and the concurrent changes in the Dead Sea's physical nature have had relatively little ecological impact in the lake.
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Unlike the Aral Sea, where changes in salinity occurred over a much more ecologically sensitive range, the increase in salinity and the concurrent changes in the Dead Sea's physical nature have had relatively little ecological impact in the lake.
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Salinity: Soluble salts should not exceed 4.0 mmhos/cm (dS/m) or 2560 ppm salt.
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Salinities dropped because water from the project that was applied to fields soaked down and entered aquifers and then flowed to the lakes, where it raised water levels, thereby diluting the salts that were already present.
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The ocean's salinity affects the types of marine life that can thrive in its waters.
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Scientists measure the salinity of water samples to determine the health of the ecosystem.
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High levels of salinity can make it challenging for plants to absorb necessary nutrients.
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Etymology
Salinity comes from the Latin root sal meaning 'salt' and the ending -ity meaning 'state or quality', and you can see the same idea in saline and the everyday word salt. So, salinity names the 'saltiness' of something — how salty it tastes.