International Journal of Oceanography

Research Article

Towards Chip-Based Salinity Measurements for Small Submersibles and Biologgers

Table 1

Salinity classification of water [28, 29] and some example environments.
EnvironmentsExamplesSalinity (‰)
Freshwater <0.5
 Lake Vostok [27]0.03
 Drinking water <0.5
Brackish water 0.5–30
 Agriculture [30]<2
 Baltic Sea 9
Normal seawater 30–40
 Average seawater [15]34.7
 Mediterranean 38
Brine water >50
 Dead Sea [31]276.2