the process through which a kind of fish called the salmon grows into an adult.
the process through which a kind of fish called the salmon grows into an adult. graK1
The diagrams show the process through which a kind of fish called the salmon grows into an adult.
The lifecycle of the salmon has 3 main stages and takes place in 3 different locations.
The cycle begins when salmon eggs are laid among the reeds and the small stones of the upper river.
After around 5 to 6 months, these eggs turn into fry, which are 3-8 cm in length and begin to move to lower river where water flow is fast. Fry live there for 4 years and become smolt, measuring 12-15 cm in length, after which they migrate to open sea. They live in this new environment for approximately 5 years to become adult salmon (70-76 cm). The adult salmon then begins its journey back to slow- moving upper river where it lays eggs and the process starts over again.
The diagrams
show
the process through which a kind of fish called the salmon grows into an adult.
The lifecycle of the salmon has 3 main stages and takes place in 3
different
locations.
The cycle
begins
when salmon eggs
are laid
among the reeds and the
small
stones of the upper river.
After around 5 to 6 months, these eggs turn into fry, which are 3-8 cm in length and
begin
to
move
to lower river where water flow is
fast
. Fry
live
there for 4 years and
become smolt
, measuring 12-15 cm in length, after which they migrate to open sea. They
live
in this new environment for approximately 5 years to become adult salmon (70-76 cm). The adult salmon then
begins
its journey back to slow- moving upper river where it lays eggs and the process
starts
over again.
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