Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,902,520,557 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

saline
(redirected from salinities)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical 0.01 sec.
saline
1. of, concerned with, consisting of, or containing common salt
2. Med of or relating to a saline
3. of, concerned with, consisting of, or containing any chemical salt, esp a metallic salt resembling sodium chloride
4. Med an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
Instead, we found a strong association between having the allele and the fish's inclination to move into different salinities - a sort of 'wanderlust gene,' if you will - instead of staying put and acclimatizing to the current salinity," says Barrett.
The sites were situated ~11-26 km from the mouth of this drowned river valley and spanned salinities of 25-34 ppt (Hornsby Shire Council, unpublished data 2008).
1995]), Maguire and Allan (1985) observed that although juvenile school prawns tolerate a range of salinities (from 1 to 30 psu), the mortality of captive individuals (in grow-out ponds) was negatively associated with salinities between 10 and 30 psu.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.