It was also during the week where a number of dead fish started to occur along the riverine segment.
Hundreds of dead sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) found along the shores of White Sands Beach.
"Our temperatures reached 83 degrees, and seem to be getting hotter! We think that maybe the warm water has something to do with the humpy die-off?"
A range of wildlife-related events have been occurring this month in Shishmaref and other parts of Norton Sound.
Tumor found in King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Widespread mortality events that include more than one fish species are indicators that something is wrong in the environment.
Historically, pollock are not a commonly observed species in Bristol Bay, but sightings are becoming more common.
This catch in a Tatitlek herring net places a school of shiner surfperch about 700 km north of their normal range.
Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) caught with "pug head" jaw deformity, usually associated with cold water temperatures during incubation.
The smelt, caught through the ice in late January, may have caused a person who ate some to get sick. Local, tribal and state officials worked together to collect and analyze the fish.
A pregnant bluntnose sixgill shark found on the banks of Coles Bay may have come in to shallow water to give birth and died from complications.
Thousands of smelts were found dead during low tide in the Togiak slough. Is there an environmental cause?
The skin lesion in the photo is likely caused by a stress-related bacterial infection – possibly trauma initiated. Probably common opportunistic bacteria in the environment such as motile Pseudomonas/Aeromonas Gram-negative organisms.
Odd time of year for seals to be eating herring.
Large egg case found on beach, perhaps belonging to a Big Skate (Raja binoculata)
Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) appears sick but is actually healthy.
The Tongass Forest in southeast Alaska, a temperate rain forest, is experiencing record-low precipitation and severe drought conditions, impacting community hydroelectricity production.
We have visited this creek every summer for 10 years, since 2008, including every August, and we have never seen the water this low.
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