Steelhead Life Cycle Linked to Environment, Pink Salmon Abundance (image)

Simon Fraser University

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A Simon Fraser University study finds that steelhead trout have a remarkable life-cycle variation responding to temperature change and numbers of other salmon species, leading them to head to the ocean at either a year old or as larger standard-ruler-sized five year olds.

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Colin Bailey, SFU

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