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Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Spawning conditions | Nycthemeral period of oviposition | Females paired with large males were observed to participate in a total of 28 spawning events, and 21 (43%) were estimated to have occurred overnight, compared with 26 observed and 18 night spawning events (41%) by females paired with small males | Night |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Females spawn multiple times in a series of nests, usually comprising a single redd | Multiple |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Spawning conditions | Parental care | Nests and completed redds are defended against surimposition of nests by other males. Males compete for acess to spawning females, and males abandon their mates in search of other active females shortly after spawning | No care |
Salvelinus fontinalis | Spawning conditions | Parity | Iteroparous | Iteroparous |