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A habitat is the kind of place that is natural for the life and growth of a plant or animal. |
While salmon are young they survive from eating insects. They live under algae, so when an insect gets knocked off a tree branch, the young salmon will dart up and try to catch the insect. |
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The salmon's habitat starts in fresh water like streams and then continues to the ocean which is salt water. From there, they migrate back to the stream to spawn. |
Salmon depend upon sunlight. The young salmon require plants in their environment for protection and camouflage. They also live under the algae. |
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Usually along the bottom of streams, there are ample supplies of phosphorus and nitrogen; nutrients that are critical to grow and produce algae that will bloom profusely. As the stream flows downstream their habitat changes. |
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