Beauchamp, D.A. and Allen, B.C. and Richards, R.C. and Wurtsbaugh, W.A. and Goldman, C.R. (1992) Lake trout spawning in lake Tahoe: egg incubation in deepwater macrophyte beds. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage, pp. 442-449
Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Salvelinus namaycush | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | 5.7 ± 0.2 [Fertilized eggs] | 5.7 mm |
Salvelinus namaycush | Egg | Temperature for incubation | 5-9 during incubation period | 7.0 °C |
Salvelinus namaycush | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | October-November | ['October', 'November'] |
Salvelinus namaycush | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Mounds | No category |
Salvelinus namaycush | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | Deep water (40-60 m ) over beds of macrophytes [Only one report] | 50.0 m |
Salvelinus namaycush | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Mostly over cobble, boulder and borken rock substrates, only once on macrophytes | Lithophils |