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Atlantic salmon Several Pacific salmon leap up a rushing waterfall in Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, as they swim upstream to spawn.
Kamchatka brown bears and the annual salmon run
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fishing salmon farm at Macquarie Harbour Slices of rye bread topped with butter and bright orange salmon caviar arranged closely together. A person uses chopsticks to pick up a slice of salmon sashimi from a bowl filled with ice, with side dishes and condiments on the table in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Lateral anatomical diagram of a salmon showing trunk muscles, with labeled sections for epaxial and hypaxial musculature, myomeres, myosepta, and the horizontal septum. Diagram showing four types of fish scales: ctenoid scales from a bass, cycloid scales from a salmon, ganoid scales from a gar, and placoid scales from a shark, each illustrated with a close-up and the corresponding fish silhouette.
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salmon: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - 6 Reasons Why Salmon is So Good for You. Aug 18, 2026
Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Salmon face uphill struggle. Feb 27, 2026
Add new Web site: Nature - Nature Communications - Recent declines in salmon body size impact ecosystems and fisheries. May 31, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Salmon aquaculture ? responding to growout challenges (shortened title) Challenges and emerging technical solutions in on-growing salmon farming (PDF). Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: BioMed Central - Food Production, Processing and Nutrition - Salmon processing discards: a potential source of bioactive peptides ? a review. Feb 01, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Phenological synchronization disrupts trophic interactions between Kodiak brown bears and salmon. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Verywell Fit - Salmon Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Apr 08, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - The Health Benefits of Salmon. Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Salmon Food-Specific Compounds and Their Metabolites Increase in Human Plasma and Are Associated with Cardiometabolic Health Indicators Following a Mediterranean-Style ... May 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Oregon Encyclopedia - Salmon. Aug 31, 2022
Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Salmon. May 09, 2022
Add new Web site: Healthline - Salmon Nutrition and Health Benefits. Dec 18, 2019
Add new Web site: The World's Healthiest Foods - Salmon. Mar 06, 2019
Add new Web site: Idaho Public Television - Science Trek - Salmon. Jan 18, 2017
Added videos. Aug 24, 2015
Text added noting that Pacific salmon use their sense of smell to navigate their home rivers and that sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) also rely on their ability to sense variations in Earth's magnetic field for navigation. Aug 03, 2015
Photo of salmon jumping up a waterfall added. Aug 03, 2015
Add new Web site: Globio - Glossopedia - Salmon. Feb 14, 2013
Add new Web site: Globio - Glossopedia - Salmon. Feb 14, 2013
Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Pacific Salmon. Aug 20, 2012
Media added. Oct 08, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Environmental Education For Kids! - Coho Salmon. Jun 17, 2008
Media added. May 31, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Salmon. May 26, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Salmon. Mar 03, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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