Climate change is luring Kodiak bears away from their iconic salmon streams
Kodiak brown bears are abandoning salmon-their iconic prey-due to climate change, according to a new study.
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Aug 23, 2017
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News tagged with sockeye salmon
Ancient genetic markers in sockeye salmon can help manage healthier fish stocks
A recent study from UBC's Okanagan campus identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that can help improve management of fish populations.
Ecology
May 25, 2017
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Climate change prompts Alaska fish to change breeding behavior
One of Alaska's most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response to climate change. This could impact the ecology of northern lakes, which already acutely feel the effects of a changing ...
Ecology
Jan 19, 2017
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Despite evolutionary inexperience, northern sockeye manage heat stress
Sockeye salmon that evolved in the generally colder waters of the far north still know how to cool off if necessary, an important factor in the species' potential for dealing with global climate change.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2016
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Highlighting deeper questions in education, decision making and ecology through simulation
Water bubbles and the distant rumble-swoosh of rapids can be heard upstream. On shore the occasional bird calls from the surrounding forest. Under the water you are fighting your way upstream, acutely aware of your waning ...
Ecology
Mar 2, 2016
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Alaskan trout choose early retirement over risky ocean-going career
Even fish look forward to retirement.
Ecology
Oct 28, 2015
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Half of Columbia River sockeye salmon dying due to hot water
More than a quarter million sockeye salmon returning from the ocean to spawn are either dead or dying in the Columbia River and its tributaries due to warming water temperatures.
Ecology
Jul 27, 2015
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Stress from heat, drought on fish spurs push to reduce kills
Drought and record hot weather are producing lethal conditions for salmon and trout in rivers across the West.
Ecology
Jul 9, 2015
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$700 million plan to help salmon habitat faces new challenge
A massive federal habitat restoration effort in the Columbia River Basin has spent more than $700 million on breaching levies, restoring tidal channels, reconnecting floodplains and other actions meant to boost salmon and ...
Ecology
Jun 21, 2015
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Feds release plan for recovering Northwest fish species
Federal authorities have released their final recovery plan for a fish species that teetered on the brink of extinction in the early 1990s in one of the Pacific Northwest's major rivers.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2015
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