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rotting along the riverbanks, providing food for scavenging birds and mammals, and cycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. in time, the eggs hatch, and a new generation of tiny salmon begins the cycle again. the spring or chinook salmon, o. tschawytscha, is the largest of the five species, with some fish
reaching a weight of kilograms. the declining coho salmon, o. kisutch, is more associated with smaller streams. sockeye o. nerka, spend part of their lives in freshwater lakes, and have become famous for their return to the adams river in the b.c. interior. pink salmon, o. gorbuscha, have a two-year...
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