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Title: Fish Virus Field Sampling Team at the Lake Quinault Tribal Fish Hatchery

Description: USGS microbiologist (Gael Kurath, right) and new post-doctoral researcher (Rachel Life, left), on Rachel's first field sampling trip. We were touring tribal fish culture facilities and collecting lake water samples to test for a new fish virus that is emerging and causing epidemics in steelhead trout on the Olympic Peninsula.

Location: Lake Quinault Tribal Fish Hatchery, Olympic Peninsula, WA, USA

Photographer: Gael Kurath , U.S. Geological Survey

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Tags: 2009EmployeePhotoContest Ecosystems Environment FieldSampling GaelKoruth HumanHealth IHNVirus LakeQuinault SteelheadTrout Wildlife