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Salinity

Salinity is the concentration of dissolved salts in water, conventionally expressed on the practical salinity scale or in grams of salt per kilogram of seawater, and it is a fundamental physical property governing the structure and dynamics of aquatic systems. As a master variable, salinity controls water density an…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 63× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2643-0282 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Salinity is the concentration of dissolved salts in water, conventionally expressed on the practical salinity scale or in grams of salt per kilogram of seawater, and it is a fundamental physical property governing the structure and dynamics of aquatic systems. As a master variable, salinity controls water density and therefore drives ocean stratification and circulation, influences the solubility of gases and nutrients, and sets osmotic conditions that constrain the distribution and physiology of aquatic organisms. In estuarine and coastal settings it varies sharply in space and time, shaping habitat boundaries, sediment processes, and biogeochemical cycling. Salinity is equally consequential in soils and irrigation water, where salt accumulation imposes osmotic and ionic stress on plants and limits agricultural productivity. The peer-reviewed research gathered here engages both the aquatic and terrestrial dimensions of the topic, examining biological communities and species records across salinity gradients in marine waters, the performance of high-salinity bioreactors in wastewater treatment, and the assessment of groundwater quality. A substantial complementary strand addresses salt and drought stress in crops, including agro-physiological and biochemical responses of quinoa, cereals, and sorghum under saline conditions, together with root-system adaptations to abiotic stress. This literature reflects salinity's standing as a unifying parameter linking oceanography, hydrology, soil science, and plant physiology.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Application of Acrylates in Enhanced Oil Recovery

El-hoshoudy A.N.Corresponding author
Production department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Naser City, Cairo, Egypt.
Exact topic New Developments in Chemistry Cited by 12 doi:10.14302/issn.2377-2549.jndc-19-2720

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 63 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Salinity, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Marine Science Journal (ISSN 2643-0282).

Journal editorial board
Begoña Martínez-Crego · Portugal Timo Arula · Estonia Raffaella Casotti · Italy

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