Question

How does salinity affect a barnacle (organism)?

Answer 1

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Estuarine environments are characterized by temporary, strong environmental fluctuations in salinity, which greatly affect the organisms living there. ... By closing their valves (shell), intertidal barnacles can cope with short-term exposure to low-salinity conditions (Foster, 1970).

Answer 2

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Estuarine environments are characterized by temporary, strong environmental fluctuations in salinity, which greatly affect the organisms living there. ... By closing their valves (shell), intertidal barnacles can cope with short-term exposure to low-salinity conditions (Foster, 1970).