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Certain organisms that are aquatic in habitat, tolerate only a narrow range of salinity. What term is given to such animals? -

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Question

Certain organisms that are aquatic in habitat, tolerate only a narrow range of salinity. What term is given to such animals?

Options

  • Euryhaline

  • Stenohaline

  • Poikilotherms

  • Catadromous

MCQ

Solution

Stenohaline

Explanation:

Stenohaline creatures are aquatic organisms that can thrive in water with a certain (narrow) degree of salinity. They are unable to deal with sudden variations in salt concentration.

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