Spring run salmon (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Spring run salmon

Caption

Spring-run Chinook salmon, like these in Butte Creek, migrate from the ocean into freshwater early in the year and spend the summer in cool, deep pools near their spawning habitat before spawning in the fall.

Credit

Allen Harthorn

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