Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heat wave from about 2014 to 2016 disrupted the California Current Ecosystem and shifted many species beyond their ...
Ecology
Mar 10, 2018
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A $100 million project removing dams and helping fish route around others is returning a badly endangered salmon to spring-fed waters in northernmost California, giving cold-loving native fish a life-saving place to chill ...
Ecology
Mar 9, 2018
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Currents in the ocean and fjords spread viruses that are killing large numbers of farmed salmon. Where should fish farms be built? And should they all be in use at the same time? Norwegian researchers are using computer modelling ...
Ecology
Mar 7, 2018
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Japan may be an island nation surrounded by the bounty of the sea, but businessman Tetsuro Sogo is looking inland to raise one of the country's most loved sushi fish: salmon.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2018
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The largest and oldest Chinook salmon—fish also known as "kings" and prized for their exceptional size—have mostly disappeared along the West Coast.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2018
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Sound could be the key to understanding ecological data: in a new study in Heliyon, researchers have turned chemical data that shows salmon migration patterns into sound, helping people hear when they move towards the ocean ...
Ecology
Feb 21, 2018
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Researchers who confirmed in recent years that salmon use the Earth's geomagnetic field to guide their long-distance migrations have found that the fish also use the field for a much simpler and smaller-scale migration: When ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2018
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Washington State University researchers have found that salmon face a double whammy when they swim in the stormwater runoff of urban roadways.
Ecology
Feb 12, 2018
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Hatchery-raised chinook salmon sort themselves into surface- and bottom-oriented groups in their rearing tanks. This behavior might be due in part to the fish's genes, according to an Oregon State University study.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2018
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Decades ago, Lake Michigan teemed with nutrients and green algae, casting a brownish-green hue that resembled the mouth of an inland river rather than a vast, open-water lake.
Environment
Jan 31, 2018
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