Sentences with phrase «coastal streams of»

Salmon poisoning is caused by a type of bacteria found within parasitic flatworms that infect the tissues of wild fish found in coastal streams of the Pacific Northwest.

Salmon poisoning is caused by a rickettsial organism (a very small type of bacteria) that can be found within flukes (parasitic flatworms) infecting the tissues of wild fish found in coastal streams of the Pacific Northwest.

There is logic in this: the rivers contain little feed during the cold months, and even in the summertime the coastal streams of the Northwest lack the heavy insect life and big fly hatches of more easterly waters.

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One of the great gifts of coastal, rain forest living here in the north is that the sun rarely streams in and so I rarely feel guilty about the state of my floors.

STEELHEAD TROUT: CALIFORNIA: New runs are in all coastal streams from Monterey to Klamath; best bets are Eel, South Fork of Eel, Garcia, Noyo and Gualala.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli (dee - NAP» - oh - lee) says in a report released Thursday that the health of New Yorkers and their environment suffers when untreated wastewater spills into rivers, streams and coastal areas.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says in a report released Thursday that the health of New Yorkers and their environment suffers when untreated wastewater spills into rivers, streams and coastal areas.

Excess amounts from human activities often end up in rivers, streams and coastal environments, causing algal blooms, loss of sea grass and low oxygen levels in the water, which can kill large numbers of fish and other organisms.

Topsoil and natural vegetation would ordinarily filter many of these pollutants out, but the impermeable pavement that covers much of the surface where these pollutants originate carries it right into storm drains and into streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean where it can poison marine life — which we might eat — as well as entire riparian or coastal ecosystems.

The coho are in peril mainly because of degradation of the coastal streams where the adult fish spawn and the juveniles spend the first half of their lives, says Diaz - Soltero.

Most of the coastal rivers in North America once teemed with great runs of anadromous fishes — organisms that hatch in inland freshwater streams, migrate to the salty sea, then return to the streams to spawn.

Dotted across the landscape of this coastal foreland are numerous temporary freshwater ponds, seeps and small streams that are disconnected from the brackish lake body.

The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the University of Exeter, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, the University of Hawai'i and ETH Zürich, has for the first time shown that increased leaching of carbon from soil, mainly due to deforestation, sewage inputs and increased weathering, has resulted in less carbon being stored on land and more stored in rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries and coastal zones — environments that are together known as the «land - ocean aquatic continuum».

Incessant mountain rain, snow and melting glaciers in a comparatively small region of land that hugs the southern Alaska coast and empties fresh water into the Gulf of Alaska would create the sixth largest coastal river in the world if it emerged as a single stream, a recent study shows.

Prevalent storm tracks along the northern branches of the jet stream typically cut to our west and / or redevelop as coastal storms to our north, and we are left either warm and rainy, or dry.

As the stream of travelers increased, they met demand by opening Tirana Backpacker 2 and a third hostel in the coastal village of Vuno.

This species is found throughout the coastal waters of Alaska and British Columbia and up most clear - running streams and rivers.

McWay Creek is a 2.5 - mile - long (4.0 km)[2] coastal stream in Monterey County in the U.S. state of California.

This rare habitat, comprised of a fresh water stream, coastal lagoon / wetland, and riparian woodland, provided respite from the long dry summers for a diverse array of species including the island fox.

It forages in grasslands bordering riparian areas such as irrigation right of ways, coastal marshes, streams, or lakes.

The Piedras Blancas National Park covers 30» 000 acres of undisturbed humid tropical lowland primary rainforest and 5» 000 acres of secondary forests, pasture land and rivers consisting primarily of hills of varied steepness, over one hundred stream valleys, a river plateau and coastal cliffs and beaches.

More than 400 m (1,000 ft) of pristine, private beachfront — on the edge of a temperate coastal rainforest — at the mouth of the Robson Bight (Michael Biggs) Ecological Reserve — adjacent to Orca's traditional feeding and breeding grounds — with its own natural, freshwater stream running through it — simply put, there is no better camp location anywhere on the Johnstone Strait for immediate and unfettered access to Orcas.

Back of the lagoon is a coastal rainforest threaded by an infinite maze of serpentine canals and streams fed by rivers flowing from the central mountain range.

Since the last relatively substantive meeting on a new climate treaty, in Bali, Indonesia, in 2007, there has been a steady stream of statements about the urgent need to «seal the deal» next month in Copenhagen, providing a firm new treaty curbing emissions from rich countries and emerging powers and buttressing poor ones against climatic and coastal hazards.

And excess nitrogen fertilizer applied to the fields of feed corn grown to satisfy the world's livestock runs off into streams and rivers, sometimes flowing to coastal waters where it creates large algal blooms and low - oxygen «dead zones» where fish can not survive.

Greater amounts of DOC (dissolved organic carbon) released in peatlands at higher CO2 levels are exported to streams and finally reach coastal waters (Freeman et al., 2004).

Hazard Canyon, Montana de Oro State Park is 6 miles southwest of Morro Bay and offers rugged cliffs, secluded beaches, coastal plains, streams, canyons, and hills, including 1,347 - foot Valencia Peak.

Preferred habitat: coastal woods, edges of streams, river bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous with red and yellow fall colors + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, well drained + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 6 to 10 feet + + + + Wildlife value: flowers attract many pollinators and birds eat the fruit; Henry's Elfin Butterfly larvae and Spring Azurre Butterfly larvae use leaves as food source

One is that the evidence for change in the expected direction if climate change was having an effect — that is, changes in physical (ice sheets, stream flow, coastal erosion etc.) and biological systems (timing of breeding events, shifting species ranges, population declines etc.)-- is overwhelming.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new strategy to promote the use of green infrastructure by cities and towns to reduce stormwater runoff that pollutes our nation's streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and coastal waters.

An old doorway has been blocked in using weathered wood pallets and creates a corner space for the dining table and chairs.A white - painted dresser has been positioned in a small lobby area that leads out onto the garden and is filled with the owner's collection of blue and white china together with shells and driftwood that have been collected from the beach.In the master bedroom, walls, floor and furniture have been painted in pure brilliant white to give the space a light and airy feel, with a mix of blue and white striped accessories, patchwork, florals and chambray adding to the coastal theme.The bed has been positioned so that the fabulous view can be enjoyed, while sun streams through the balcony doors and keeps the space warm all year round.