| Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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7762
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
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Recreation
|
Anecdotal
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N/A
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Genetic analysis of populations in the St. Marys River, MI indicates that pink salmon is capable of hybridizing with recreationally important Chinook salmon. Hybridization has the potential to create further competition for the parental species, especially since the hybrid appears to have growth rates that exceed those of pink and Chinook salmon.
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St. Marys River, Michigan, USA
|
24297
|
|
7763
|
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
|
Recreation
|
Observational
|
Field
|
Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) over one year old feed heavily on rainbow smelt and alewife, which are important components of the diets of other Great Lakes salmonids.
|
Great Lakes, USA
|
24296
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