Sentences with phrase «of migrating salmon»

There are tidepools full of fascinating creatures, more than a hundred bald eagle nests, thousands of harbor seals, millions of migrating salmon, and much more.

There are tidepools full of fascinating creatures, more than a hundred bald eagle nests, thousands of harbor seals, and millions of migrating salmon — a real wildlife safari in the San Juan Islands!

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In the twilight of their brief lives adult Pacific salmon migrate back to their river of birth to spawn, perpetuating a four - year life cycle that boomerangs thousands of kilometers into the ocean.

Much as migrating birds or spawning insects rely on the timing of spring so that there is enough available food when they arrive in a given region, so, too, the salmon rely on the timing of phytoplankton blooms, followed by the zooplankton bloom that then feeds baby salmon.

That system — which includes tags, sound receivers and software — was initially designed to provide a more accurate picture of how young salmon migrate from their birthplace in Columbia River Basin waters to the open Pacific Ocean.

There, the bone fragments of large salmon, migrating from marine water to their freshwater spawning places, were found in the Middle Palaeolithic archaeological layers, dated to around 42 to 48,000 years ago, and probably deposited by Neandertals.

The mineral has already been found in some bacteria, and in the noses of fish like salmon and rainbow trout, which also seem to track the Earth's magnetic field as they migrate.

Even as the effects of the Blob and El Nino dissipate, the central and southern parts of the West Coast face low snow pack and potential drought in 2018 that could put salmon at continued risk as they migrate back up rivers to spawn.

A study from Umeå University, published in the journal Nature Communications, now shows that the salmon's inclination to migrate is partly limited by its fear of the unknown downstream.

The research team studied how salmon migration was affected both in a lab, where salmon migrated in a large artificial stream, and in a natural stream outside of Umeå in Northern Sweden.

The sea lice spread to migrating juvenile wild salmon, resulting in the highest numbers of sea lice observed on wild salmon in a decade.

RICHLAND, Wash. — Basic ocean conditions such as current directions and water temperature play a huge role in determining the behavior of young migrating salmon as they move from rivers and hit ocean waters for the first time, according to new research.

It has now been established that sea lice from farms kill up to 95 % of juvenile wild salmon that migrate past them.

Located at the northern end of Johnstone Strait, our fishing lodge is in an area through which virtually all of the millions of salmon which migrate down from the north Pacific each year must pass.

Five species of salmon migrate home to the Campbell River to spawn, this is a primary factor in the excellent sport fishing and in particular salmon fishing opportunities here.

Somewhat remarkably these sharks migrate up the Rio San Juan (a distance of 180 km), leaping up river rapids like salmon and adapting to the freshwater of the lake.

From July through early September, the northern resident group of Orcas, numbering 250 individuals, ply the strait in their quest for the multitudes of salmon migrating from the ocean to the many pristine streams and rivers in this area.

smolt a young salmon or sea trout about two years old that is at the stage of development when it assumes the silvery color of the adult and is ready to migrate to the sea

anadromous species species of fish, such as salmon, that spawn in fresh water and then migrate into the ocean to grow to maturity

Dam removal is cheaper than building fish ladders, yet Pacificorp, one of the lowest - cost electricity producers in the United States, would prefer to transport migrating salmon by semi-truck around the dams.

On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it had authorized state officials in Oregon and Washington to «lethally remove» a population of sea lions which for years have congregated just below the Bonneville Dam, about 150 miles from the Pacific Ocean, and gorged on salmon migrating upriver to spawn.

The location and timing of this plankton bloom was meant to coincide with migrating salmon, so that a large source of food would be generated within their known migration route.

«The migration of wild salmon, particularly to the Snake River Basin, is truly unique,» said Luke Nelson, «no other salmon migrates farther or higher.

All Agder sites are state - of - the - art and include modern fish passes that enable salmon and other migrating fish species to pass the dams unhindered, among other features.

The tribe fished for migrating salmon, sturgeon, and alewives with nets strung across the rapids of the Merrimack River.