Nunn, A.D. and Harvey, J.P. and Cowx, I.G. (2007) Variations in the spawning periodicity of eight species fish species in three English lowland rivers over a 6 year period, inferred from 0+ year fish length distributions. Journal of fish biology, pp. 1254-1267
Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Abramis brama | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In the Trent, the main hatching period for bream occurred around the second week of June, with the majority of hatching complete by mid-July | ['June', 'July'] |
Abramis brama | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Adopt multiple spawning strategies, with up to three batches of eggs produced by individual fish | Multiple |
Alburnus alburnus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In the Trent, the initial hatching period was between mid-June and mid-July, with successive cohorts appearing at intervals thereafter | ['June', 'July'] |
Alburnus alburnus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Adopt multiple spawning strategies, with up to three batches of eggs produced by individual fish | Multiple |
Gobio gobio | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In the Trent, the main hatching period for gudgeon was between late May and mid-June, with smaller numbers of fish from subsequent cohorts appearing at intervals therefater | ['May', 'June'] |
Gobio gobio | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Adopt multiple spawning strategies, with up to three batches of eggs produced by individual fish | Multiple |
Leuciscus cephalus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Initial hatching took place between mid-June and mid-July, successive cohorts appearing at intervals thereafter | ['June', 'July'] |
Leuciscus cephalus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Adopt multiple spawning strategies, with up to three batches of eggs produced by individual fish | Multiple |
Leuciscus leuciscus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In the Trent, dace hatched between the third week of April (2003) and the first week of May (2002), whereas in the Ouse catchment hatching occurred 3 or 4 weeks later | ['April', 'May'] |
Leuciscus leuciscus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Shed a single batch of eggs in a well-defined spawning period | Multiple |
Phoxinus phoxinus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In the Ouse catchment, the main hatching period for minnow was around early June, with fish from subsequent cohorts appearing in small numbers thereafter | ['June'] |
Phoxinus phoxinus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Adopt multiple spawning strategies, with up to three batches of eggs produced by individual fish | Multiple |
Rutilus rutilus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In the Trent, roach hatched between the end of April (2003) and the beginning of June (2002), but usually in the third and fourth weeks of May | ['April', 'May', 'June'] |
Rutilus rutilus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Shed a single batch of eggs in a well-defined spawning period | Multiple |
Perca fluviatilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In the Trent and Avon, perch hatched at approximately the same time as roach, between the end of April (2003) and the middle of May (all other years) | ['April', 'May'] |
Perca fluviatilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Shed a single batch of eggs in a well-defined spawning period | Multiple |