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← Nature & AnimalsWhich outcome occurs when salmon returning inland lack imprinted stream odors?
A)Increased susceptibility to Oomycete infection
B)Decreased metabolic rate in freshwater
C)Failure to locate natal spawning sites✓
D)Elevated vulnerability to osmotic shock
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Salmon use an olfactory map formed during their juvenile stage; imprinting to specific chemical signatures of their natal stream allows them to navigate back to spawn. Without this olfactory imprinting mechanism, they fail to recognize and locate their spawning sites, therefore they cannot reproduce successfully, rather than experiencing metabolic or immunological changes.
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