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Effective for the animals in the river

Postby him19912003 on Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:02 am

if the sailinity of a river is increasing or decreasing, so is it a effective for the animals in that river?
If yes, what effective example can you give me?
and is there any way for chage this happening?
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Postby victor on Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:13 am

I think the first effect would be water osmosis through the fins of fishes.
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Postby him19912003 on Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:41 am

yes, thats right, so will the fishes move to the other river?
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Postby mith on Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:00 am

how will they move??
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Postby MrMistery on Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:54 pm

i tbhink the question was posed as if one river was changing salinity.
about the answer: depends on the fish. some fish, like genus Salmo can withstand incredible changes of salinity.
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Postby him19912003 on Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:40 am

so it is just depend on the fish, and the sailinity.
well, i will to ask this as well, how could the fish move, i the y coud not wthstand the sailinity?
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