Does Salinity Decrease the Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Water Samples?

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Does salinity decrease the dissolved oxygen concentration in a water sample? For example, if one has two water samples, a freshwater sample and a seawater sample, at the same temperature, will the seawater sample have a lower dissolved oxygen concentration?

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  • Scatter plot of salinity (ppt) against O2 concentration (mg L-1), with horizontal error bars on each point and a line joining them; points cluster near 28-30 ppt at about 7 mg L-1, then fall to 0 ppt at about 9 mg L-1.
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