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To thrive across different salinities, picocyanobacteria strains acclimate internal turgor by expending metabolic energy to accumulate compatible solutes and extrude inorganic ions. We grew five picocyanobacterial strains, derived from a range of source habitat salinities, under a matrix of light and salinity levels. Although chlorophyll is a general proxy for phytoplankton biomass, Chl\/cell is itself a key component of acclimation. Indeed, for all strains, except the brackish water CZS48M, the conditions supporting the highest Biovolume-specific growth rates shifted upwards towards higher salinities and PAR, compared to conditions for maximum Chl-specific growth. Therefore, the apparent optimal niche for a strain varies depending upon the metric used to track growth. 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