Coho salmon at risk in U.S. urbanizing watersheds

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 09:30 in Earth & Climate

For a decade researchers in Seattle have worked to solve the mystery of why adult coho salmon are dying prematurely in urban streams when they return from the ocean to mate and spawn. The researchers have now used models to estimate the potential impact of urban land development on the salmon population in the decades ahead.

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