Definition of "euryhaline" []

• Capable of tolerating a wide range of salt water concentrations. Used of an aquatic organism. (adjective)

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• "There are likely to be shifts in species composition to more euryhaline and anadromous species."
• "Increased river discharge could possibly create estuarine areas, providing new habitat opportunities for euryhaline species."
• "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."