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The salinity affects the crabs by altering the size of their internal organs, causing them to swell and decrease, as the salinity does.
This drastic change in the crabs can cause death, and colour changes within the crab.
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What is the salinity of the water that shark live in?
3.5%
Can a hermit crab live with fish?
They cannot live with a land hermit crab because land hermit crabs live out of water so the fish would die (as you know) if it is out of water.
How does a hermit crab live in the wild?
They live on the beach and in the water.
What is the significant challenge for organisms that live in estuaries?
changing in Water Salinity.
Which animals can not jump that live in water?
A crab.
What is a measure of how salty water is?
Salinity is a measure of the saltiness of water.
Can you name 3 animals that have a shell and live in water?
crab, hermit crab, and lobsterHermit crab is a kind of crab, and it doesn't actually has its own shell. Oysters have shell and lives in water.
What is the most significant challenge for organisms that live in estuarie?
changing in Water Salinity.
What is the most significant challenge for organism that live estuaries?
changing in Water Salinity.
What is lighter warm water with low salinity or cold water with high salinity?
Cold water with high salinity
What is lightest water warm water with low salinity or cold water with high salinity?
cold water w/ high salinity
Why do oceanographers take measurements of the of the seawater?
Conductivity can be used to calculate the salinity of the water.
