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Copper makes salmon vulnerable to predators

Michael Allan McCrae | July 13, 2012 | 5:47 am Base Metals Copper 

Minute amounts of copper in rivers can deaden a spawning salmon's ability to detect danger in rivers. Jenifer McIntyre, a postdoctoral research associate at Washington State University, published her findings in Ecological Applications. When a fish is injured, the smell...

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