Chinook Salmon spawning farther downstream than usual due to warm weather creating unseasonably low water levels, Ketchikan Creek, Alaska, USA.

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Dead Chinook (King) Salmon in Ketchikan Creek, Ketchikan, Alaska. In 2018, returning Salmon were forced to spawn farther downstream than usual due to low water levels from lack of summer rain. This also raised the normal water temperature of the creek water which also adversely affected the returning fish.

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Size: 3622px × 4472px
Location: Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Photo credit: © VC Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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