oligosaline

adj

Etymology

From oligo- + saline.

  1. derived from sal
  2. derived from salin
  3. derived from salīna
  4. inherited from salyne
  5. formed as oligosaline — “oligo- + saline

Definitions

  1. Of a body of water, of low salinity.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

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