When Pacific salmon leave the ocean and return to their natal rivers and streams to spawn, it’s a one-way journey. After breeding, they die en masse. As their bodies are eaten or decay, they deliver oceanic nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus to their spawning grounds. But the ocean’s bounty cuts both ways.
November 13, 2024
Spawning salmon carry nutrients—and pollutants—upriver
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