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Demographic shifts in North American Chinook salmon populations and the potential causes and consequences of declining mean body size of Chinook salmon

References: Ohlberger et al. 2018 Fish and Fisheries; Ohlberger et al. 2019 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Ohlberger et al. 2020 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Media coverage: This work was covered by several media outlets, including NPR radio, The Seattle Times, and several others:

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/northwest-killer-whales-are-shrinking-in-size-and-so-are-their-prey-chinook-salmon-new-research-shows/

https://deeply.thenewhumanitarian.org/oceans/articles/2018/03/07/the-largest-pacific-salmon-are-vanishing-are-killer-whales-the-cause

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/booming-northern-orcas-devouring-chinook-salmon-that-sustain-southern-resident-killer-whales

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/king-salmon-are-shrinking-and-orcas-are-partly-to-blame-uw-study-says/281-524174508

https://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=2-2018&day=28&id=96211&l=e&country=&special=&ndb=1&df=0

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/chinook-salmon-shrinking-killer-whales-may-among-culprits/

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/02/27/The-West-Coast-is-losing-its-biggest-Chinook-salmon/1771519758459/?ur3=1

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/the-case-of-the-shrinking-chinook/

https://www.courthousenews.com/orca-appetites-likely-forcing-evolution-of-smaller-salmon/

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/mar/31/the-decline-of-salmon-adds-to-the-struggle-of-puge/

https://www.knkx.org/post/northern-resident-orcas-compete-endangered-southern-residents-largest-chinook

https://komonews.com/news/local/study-other-resident-orcas-may-be-stealing-big-salmon-away-from-southern-residents

https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1162245/Survival-of-Orcas-and-Chinook-Seasons-in-Pacific-Northwest-Depend-on-Hatcheries

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Study-links-orca-whales-to-dwindling-size-of-Chinook-salmon-566699621.html

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/12/30/chinook-salmon-are-getting-smaller-and-researchers-say-killer-whales-may-be-to-blame/