brackish
(adjective)
having a slightly salty or briny flavor.
(adjective)
salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
Examples of brackish in the following topics:
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Planctomycetes
- Planctomycetes are a phylum of aquatic bacteria and are found in samples of brackish, marine, and fresh water.
- They are found in samples of brackish, marine, and fresh water.
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Mangroves
- The saline conditions tolerated by various mangrove species range from brackish water, through pure seawater (3 to 4 %), to water concentrated by evaporation to over twice the salinity of ocean seawater (up to 9 %).
- Mangroves are shrubs or small trees that grow in coastal saline or brackish water.
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Estuaries: Where the Ocean Meets Fresh Water
- Mixing results in a diluted (brackish) saltwater.
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Streptophytes and Reproduction of Green Algae
- The remaining green algae, which are more distantly related to plants, belong to a group called Chlorophyta that includes more than 7000 different species that live in fresh or brackish water, in seawater, or in snow patches.
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Freshwater Environments
- The term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water but it does include mineral rich waters such as chalybeate springs.
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Estuaries & Marshes
- Mixing results in a diluted (brackish) saltwater.
- A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open salt water or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.
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Wetland Soils
- The water found in wetlands can be saltwater, freshwater , or brackish .
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Modern Reptiles
- They are found in freshwater, saltwater, and brackish habitats, such as rivers and lakes; they spend most of their time in water.
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Early Eukaryotes
- Most protists are microscopic, unicellular organisms that are abundant in soil, freshwater, brackish, and marine environments.