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单词 stenohaline
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Definition of stenohaline in English:

stenohaline

adjectiveˌstɛnəʊˈheɪliːnˌstɛnəʊˈheɪlʌɪnˌstenəˈhālīn
Ecology
  • (of an aquatic organism) able to tolerate only a narrow range of salinity.

    Often contrasted with euryhaline
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In one group of species, osmoregulation varies little with developmental stage; the adults of these species, mostly marine and stenohaline, are weak regulators or osmoconformers.
    • The way coastal-dwelling stenohaline organisms deal with salinity changes is by continual migration to remain within a water mass of constant salinity.
    • Periods of decreased river flow enlarge the proportion of the estuary habitat favored by stenohaline organisms preferring highly saline conditions.
    • Considering the three patterns of ontogeny of postembryonic osmoregulation, it is clear that the studied species classed in pattern I (all stages are weak osmoregulators or osmoconformers) are marine stenohaline osmoconformers.

Origin

1930s: from Greek stenos 'narrow' + halinos 'of salt'.

 
 

Definition of stenohaline in US English:

stenohaline

adjectiveˌstenəˈhālīn
Ecology
  • (of an aquatic organism) able to tolerate only a narrow range of salinity.

    Often contrasted with euryhaline
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Periods of decreased river flow enlarge the proportion of the estuary habitat favored by stenohaline organisms preferring highly saline conditions.
    • Considering the three patterns of ontogeny of postembryonic osmoregulation, it is clear that the studied species classed in pattern I (all stages are weak osmoregulators or osmoconformers) are marine stenohaline osmoconformers.
    • The way coastal-dwelling stenohaline organisms deal with salinity changes is by continual migration to remain within a water mass of constant salinity.
    • In one group of species, osmoregulation varies little with developmental stage; the adults of these species, mostly marine and stenohaline, are weak regulators or osmoconformers.

Origin

1930s: from Greek stenos ‘narrow’ + halinos ‘of salt’.

 
 
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