<\/p>\n Photo credit:\u00a0salmon fry\u00a0Jake Sisco\/USFWS via Flickr (public domain)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The producers of a new Hakai Institute video wrote, \u201cThe\u00a0 flood resulted in a turbidity current that extended almost 70 kilometres away from the river mouth. And over just a few weeks, we observed a 0.5 C cooling in the deep water, which will impact ocean properties like oxygen and pH. It is likely the inflowing sentiment will impact which bacteria and phytoplankton can grow. Changes from this event will impact fish and fish habitat.\u201d<\/p>\n Brent Ward, co-director for the Centre for Natural Hazards Research at\u00a0Simon Fraser University, said<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe lower reaches of Elliot Creek are Coho habitat, and if you look at those images, that habitat is now buried with gravel. These landslides happen, but when you\u2019re dealing with a four-year life cycle of a fish, it\u2019s going to have a longer effect than that.\u201d<\/p>\n Chief Darren Blaney<\/a>, of the\u00a0Homalco First Nation<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m just hoping some chum have spawned further up (the Southgate River) and the eggs have survived.\u201d<\/p>\n He is also concerned about the grizzly bears who will not be able to feed on salmon.<\/p>\n![\"Salmon](\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/48959151823_01c21b71b0_c-500x335.jpg\")
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