The Collapse of the Annual Salmon Runs Was Caused in Part

question 26

Multiple Choice

The collapse of the annual salmon runs was caused in part by

• A)cooler ocean temperatures.
• B)removal of dams and reservoirs needed for spawning.
• C)accumulated pollutants.
• D)all of the above

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an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of nucleotide base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome.

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