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mn9driver

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8. Very likely a parasite

Reply to Miranda4peace (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2013, 08:19 PM

Oct 2013

There are several that periodically pop up in west coast salmon populations. Slight increases in water temperature and changes in pH could be giving the bugs the advantage.

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Vancouver starfish melting, Pacific salmon turning yellow in mass quantities [View all] Miranda4peace Oct 2013 OP

The canary has been dead for a while, but we've been ignoring that fact. Scuba Oct 2013 #1

Does anyone know Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #2

Because the ocean is too vast. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #4

Melting starfish? Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #5

Well, acidification affects the carrying capacity of calcium carbonate in the water. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #6

Yeah, we are all speculating. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #7

The word 'melting' was probably used euphamistically. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #14

Absolutely no plausible mechanism. longship Oct 2013 #11

I know that you are right about waiting Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #12

That's my thinking, too. longship Oct 2013 #13

Radiation does not "dilute" in larger bodies of water, the same effects will be had regardless of drynberg Oct 2013 #16

Absolute rubbish. longship Oct 2013 #17

Between the Deepwater Horizon MynameisBlarney Oct 2013 #15

That is my concern too. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #18

None of the Pinks I caught this year looked wierd. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #3

Very likely a parasite mn9driver Oct 2013 #8

Farmed salmon have been grey for years. They just have always dyed them. applegrove Oct 2013 #9

It could be they have been exposed to another kind of food supply that they do not normally range DhhD Oct 2013 #10