The Fraser River Estuary: A global biodiversity hotspot
Where the Fraser River meets the sea, an extraordinary web of life converges. This estuary is irreplaceable.
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Meet the non-salmonids of Roberts Bank eelgrass habitat
Highlighting the overlooked species that make eelgrass habitat one of the Fraser River Estuary’s most diverse ecosystems.
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The return of sea otters can increase the genetic diversity of eelgrass
Contrary to how it may appear, it turns out that sea otters ripping up eelgrass actually does the plant – and the nearshore ecosystem – a favour.
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Unpacking new research on the Fraser Estuary’s importance to Chinook salmon
A new paper, “Chinook salmon exhibit long-term rearing and early marine growth in the Fraser River, B.C., a large urban estuary,” has highlighted the importance of the Fraser estuary as critical habitat for Chinook salmon. The researchers used salmon ear bones, or otoliths, to study how juvenile salmon were using the Fraser estuary, and found…
