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| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Salmo salar | Egg | Incubation time | Eggs in the heated-water groups started to hatch on 27 January, 60 days post fertilization, and hatch was complete in all families by 31 January. Eggs incubated at ambient temperature hatched between 12 and 19 March (105 and 112 days post fertilization) | 27.0 days |
| Salmo salar | Egg | Temperature for incubation | For the heated-water groups, temperatures during egg incubation and yolk-sac resoprtion averaged 7.9 and 8.3°C, respectively, compared with 4.3 and 5.3°C in the ambient-temperature reared groups over the equivalent periods | 7.9 °C |
| Salmo salar | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | The heated-water group hatched at between 473 and 505 degree-days and the ambient-temperature group at between 452 and 487 degree-days | 473.0 °C * day |
| Salmo salar | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Following hatch,alevins remain buried in the river gravel and growth is at the expense of endogenous yolk | Demersal |
| Salmo salar | Larvae | Temperature during larval development | For the heated-water groups, temperatures during egg incubation and yolk-sac resoprtion averaged 7.9 and 8.3°C, respectively, compared with 4.3 and 5.3°C in the ambient-temperature reared groups over the equivalent periods | 7.9 °C |
| Salmo salar | Larvae | Onset of exogeneous feeding | First feeding occurred after 815 degree-days at ambient temperature and 839 degree-days at 8°C (for incubation, 473-505 for heated and 452-487 for ambient respectively). Most of the visible yolk sac has been resorbed | 489.0 °C * day |
| Salmo salar | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Spawn in freswater | No category |
| Salmo salar | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Riverbed gravels | Lithophils |
| Salmo salar | Spawning conditions | Spawning site preparation | Bury their eggs | No category |