Pin-pointing Predation to Inform Models of Salmon Survival
Evading a barrage of hungry mouths is a challenge for any young migrating salmon, but directly observing and quantifying predation isn’t easy when both predators and prey live hidden away underwater....
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Nearly any predator that can get its claws, beak, or teeth on a juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) will try to eat these young fish as they migrate to the ocean – and as salmon try to...
View ArticleThe Delta Divide: Bass Trends In Salmon Migration Corridors
Boat electrofishing in the Delta. Recent research has established that very few juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) survive the migration from their birthplace in California’s Central...
View ArticleSlurping-Up Salmon and Steelhead: What Mark-Recovery Studies Reveal About...
Cormorant tossing a fish into its mouth. Flickr Creative Commons, Veit. Salmon and trout face numerous threats on their long and perilous journeys from their birth rivers and streams to the ocean....
View ArticleSalmon with a Side of Lamprey: Non-native Basses Primarily Eat Native Fishes...
Salmon face many perils during their migration to the ocean, including disease, entrainment, degraded water quality, and predation. However, predation has been the factor that has generated the most...
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