Poor stream health imperils fish

Science Centric: 'Of the 675 fish species found in southeastern waters, more than 25 percent are considered imperilled,' Donald J. Orth, the Thomas H. Jones Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, told the audience of scientists during his keynote address at the Southeastern Fishes Council annual meeting in mid November 2010 in Athens, Ga. The theme of the meeting was 'Got Water? At the Crossroads of Fish Conservation and Water Supply.' Orth's......

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