 The alluvial gravel deposits that form the Adams river bottom are ideal for the development of salmon roe and alevins . The temperature and neutral Ph of the water is also well @-@ suited to the sockeye . Shuswap Lake , below the river , is called a " nursery lake " by biologists due to its high concentration of picoplankton , a food source for young salmon . 
 The alluvial gravel deposits <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a>form the Adams river bottom <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>ideal for the development of salmon roe and alevins . The temperature and neutral Ph of the water <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>also well @-@ suited to the sockeye . Shuswap Lake , below the river , is called a " nursery lake " by biologists due to its high concentration of picoplankton , a food source for young salmon . 
The alluvial gravel deposits form the Adams river bottom ideal fa the development of salmon roe and alevins . The temperature and neutral Ph of the water also well @-@ suited to da sockeye . Shuswap Lake , below tdariver , is called a " nursery lake " by biologists due to its high concentration of picoplankton , a food source ffiryoung salmon .