Sentences with phrase «salmon after the oil spill»
Fish that swim more slowly more easily become prey to predators, so this could explain the collapse of herring and decline in salmon after the oil spill.
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The herring population crashed four years after the spill in Prince William Sound and pink salmon stocks also declined, but the link to the oil spill has remained controversial.
In a report published in Scientific Reports, researchers describe how they exposed herring and pink salmon embryos for a short period to levels of oil contaminants similar to the «safe» levels detected in samples of Prince William Sound seawater after the spill cleanup.