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Chinook Salmon (also King Salmon)

Date
  • 1900/1940
Description
  • 13. Chinook Salmon (also King Salmon) - Oncorhynchus tschawytscha. Weighs up to 100 pounds. Deposits thousands of eggs when spawning. Eats smaller fish and crustacea. A very valuable food fish. Habitat is freshwater streams when young; the ocean while maturing. Returns to fresh water to spawn and die. Forestry Story - Tree farming practices help keep abundant water supplies in the Northwest. Mature trees left as seed blocks and quickly-established new tree crops protect watersheds and prevent excessive water runoff.
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • P217:47:13
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 46 - Forest Animals
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/19/2016
Modified
  • 05/30/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (25 Apr 2024). Chinook Salmon (also King Salmon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df716n41c

MLA

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Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Chinook Salmon (also King Salmon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-25. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df716n41c

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
Forest animals http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050576
Chinook salmon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024400
3 slides (photographs) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128371
4 color photographs http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128359
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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