Recurrent die-offs of adult coho salmon returning to spawn in Puget Sound lowland urban streams.

Several Seattle-area streams in Puget Sound were the focus of habitat restoration projects in the 1990s. Post-project effectiveness monitoring surveys revealed anomalous behaviors among adult coho salmon returning to spawn in restored reaches. These included erratic surface swimming, gaping, fin spl...

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Main Authors: Nathaniel L Scholz, Mark S Myers, Sarah G McCarthy, Jana S Labenia, Jenifer K McIntyre, Gina M Ylitalo, Linda D Rhodes, Cathy A Laetz, Carla M Stehr, Barbara L French, Bill McMillan, Dean Wilson, Laura Reed, Katherine D Lynch, Steve Damm, Jay W Davis, Tracy K Collier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237429?pdf=render