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Cocaine pollution alters salmon behavior in the wild, study reveals

An international study, led by researchers from Griffith University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Zoological Society of London and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, is the first to demonstrate the effects of cocaine contamination on fish behavior in the wild rather...

Cocaine pollution alters salmon behavior in the wild, study reveals
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An international study, led by researchers from Griffith University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Zoological Society of London and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, is the first to demonstrate the effects of cocaine contamination on fish behavior in the wild rather than in laboratory conditions.

Originally published at Phys.org

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