halio-, hali-, halo-, hal- +
(Greek > Latin: salt or "the sea")
Don’t confuse this halio-, halo-, hal- unit with another hal- unit which means “breathe, breath”.
haloplankton
1. Marine or inland salt-water plankton.
2. Organisms that float in salt water.
halosere
An ecological succession commencing in a saline habitat.
halosphere
Saltwater areas as a whole; the marine portion of an environment.
halotechny
That branch of chemistry that deals with salts.
halotolerant
Tolerating, although not necessarily preferring, a saline environment; haloxene.
haloumi
A salty white Greek cheese with a tough rubbery texture that is usually grilled until a crust has formed on both sides and eaten hot.
halozemia
The loss of salt by the body.
holeuryhaline
A reference to organisms that freely inhabit fresh water, sea water, and brackish water.
hyperhaline
A term used to characterize waters with salinity greater than 40 parts per thousand of dissolved salts, due to ocean-derived salts.
mesohaline
Pertaining to brackish water having a salinity between three and 10 parts per thousand or sea water having a salinity between 30 and 34 parts per thousand.
mixoeuhaline
A reference to estuarine waters (wide mouth of a river that flows into the sea) that contain more than 30 parts per thousand of dissolved salts but less than the concentration of the adjacent seas.
mixohaline
A reference to any body of water that contains anywhere from 0.5 to 30 parts per thousand dissolved salts.
mixomesohaline
Said of brackish water containing from 5 to 18 parts per thousand dissolved salts.
mixooligohaline
An application to brackish waters containing from 0.5 to 5 parts per thousand dissolved salts.
mixopolyhaline
A reference to brackish water containing from 18 to 30 parts per million dissolved salts.
Related "salt" unit:
sal-.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water:
abysso- (bottomless);
Atlantic;
batho-, bathy- (depth);
bentho- (deep, depth);
mare, mari- (sea);
necto-, nekto- (swimming);
oceano-;
pelago- (sea, ocean);
plankto- (drifting);
thalasso- (sea, ocean).
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