euryhaline fish

Are Euryhaline Fish Isotonic?

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Are Euryhaline Fish Isotonic? Euryhaline organisms are tolerant of a relatively-wide range of salinity. Osmoconformers are organisms that remain isotonic with seawater by conforming their body fluid concentrations to changes in seawater concentration. Is a freshwater fish hypertonic? In other words the body fluids of fresh water fish are hypertonic to the water (see chapter

Are Euryhaline Fish Rare?

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Are Euryhaline Fish Rare? The ability to withstand a wide range of salinities during at least some phase of their life cycle, termed euryhaline, is rare among fishes (Moyle & Cech, 2004). What are euryhaline fish and how are they unique? Euryhaline organisms have a unique osmoregulation feature that enables them to survive in environments