Talk:Chinook salmon
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[edit] Ecology sections
Salmon do not need eel grass or seaweed in order to spawn. Their fry and smolt need it estuaries for camouflage purposes from predators. It is a long standing fact that all species of Salmonid spawn in cool, silt free, gravel beds in rivers and streams. 24.19.125.139 03:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)joecr250r24.19.125.139 03:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Sanitary issues?
I've moved the following edit, Some counties have raised awareness of the sanitary issues reguarding the reproduction of the salmon in the rivers that flow through them, to here because I am not at all clear what is meant. -- Donald Albury 16:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] chum or chinook
The picture on the article says it's a chinook, but the text from the pic says it's a Chum salmon.85.148.64.80 20:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
- fixed. Rmhermen 19:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ecology section
The Ecology section here seems rather strange, as it states some things that are basic biology and don't belong here (e.g., salmon need other salmon to reproduce) and has some factual errors (salmon need seaweed, particularly eel grass, to spawn). One typically does not see much eel grass anywhere near where chinooks spawn. I would be good if someone with more biology background were to review this section. It also needs some languaging: the style is rather informal for an encyclopedia. I'll watch it for a while, and if no one else takes it on, I'll take a stab at cleaning it up. +Fenevad 22:08, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
- I just realized that eelgrass is ambiguous. I knew only the marine sort, and I believe it is the more common referent. The statment may be more accurate than I thought, but properly plants in fresh water are not seaweed. +Fenevad 22:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
