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Amount of salts dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts per thousand (ppt). Within an estuary, salinity levels are referred to as oligohaline (0.5-5.0 ppt), mesohaline (5.0-18.0 ppt), or polyhaline (18.0-30.0 ppt) (U.S. EPA, 2006b).
