Sentences with phrase «studying juvenile salmon»
The scientists are currently studying juvenile salmon to see if the genomic signature is already present before they go out to the open ocean.
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«These results are consistent with the idea that juvenile salmon imprint on (i.e. learn and remember) the magnetic signature of their home river, and then seek that same magnetic signature during their spawning migration,» said Nathan Putman, a post-doctoral researcher at Oregon State University and the lead author of the study.
Each year, billions of captive - bred juvenile salmon are released into rivers in North America, Asia and Europe to give a bump wild populations, but their survival is 10 to 20 times lower than that of wild salmon, notes the study.