What does "mesosaline" mean?

Of a body of water, of intermediate salinity.

What is a synonym for "mesosaline"?

Common synonyms include: oligosaline.

Mesosaline

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of a body of water, of intermediate salinity. not-comparable
"Of wetlands we studied in summer 1992 (Wollheim and Lovvoru 1995, 1996), the oligosaline wetlands have had much more stable salinities over the last five years than have the mesosaline wetlands."

Synonyms

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oligosaline

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"Of wetlands we studied in summer 1992 (Wollheim and Lovvoru 1995, 1996), the oligosaline wetlands have had much more stable salinities over the last five years than have the mesosaline wetlands."

Etymology

From meso- + saline.

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