What If a Salmon Meets a Catfish? Teacher’S Key

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What if a salmon meets a catfish? Teacher’S Key check your understanding 1 What does anadromous mean? And what is the advantage of an anadromous lifestyle for salmon? Anadromous fish hatch in freshwater streams, then migrate downriver to the ocean and spend most of their life there. (To spawn, they have to return to freshwater again and travel far up rivers, where they lay eggs). There are fewer predators high up in rivers. Young salmon are much more vulnerable and here they can grow safely. Once big and Answer strong, they can find more food in the ocean and are more able to escape the predators there. 2 Why is the Atlantic Salmon endangered in Europe? Mostly due to human causes: overfishing, water pollution, habitat destruction, presence of dams and other barriers, and climate change. Answer 3 How did the catfish get into European waters? It was introduced by humans for recreational fishing. Answer 4 Why is this a problem for salmon? Salmon in European rivers didn't used to have many predators other than humans. However, the catfish is larger in size than salmon and lives for a long time. Unfortunately, it has developed a taste for salmon. Also, catfish are very adaptable - they can shift activity Answer patterns as well as diet to take advantage of potential prey. All of this means that catfish are a big threat to salmon. 5 Why can artificial changes to waterways make the catfish problem worse for salmon? The narrow passages lead to more encounters between these two species of fish. They also make it harder for salmon to outmaneuver the catfish waiting for them there. Answer 6 How did we see that catfish were preying on salmon? We observed it both directly and indirectly: directly in videos, and indirectly by seeing that fewer salmon exited the fishway than entered it when catfish were present. Radio-tagged catfish also spent more time inside the fishway and began to swim back and Answer forth (presumably to catch salmon). Мore free environmental science resources аt: www.ScienceJournalForKids.org.

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