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BBC: Deforestation is reducing the amount of leaf litter falling into rivers and lakes, resulting in less food being available to fish, a study suggests.
Researchers found the amount of food available affected the size of young fish and influenced the number that went on to reach adulthood.
The team said the results illustrated a link between watershed protection and healthy freshwater fish populations.
The findings have been published in Nature Communications.
"We found fish that had almost......
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Deforestation leaves fish hungry
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 14th, 2014
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