Sentence examples for period of spawning from inspiring English sources
Nevertheless, a low cyp17a1 mRNA expression was also reported in female fat head minnow close to full sexual maturity [ 68] and in two catfish populations, cyp17 mRNA level was shown to decrease throughout the period of spawning [ 55].
"Most of these will get eaten up by larger predators, but during periods of spawning the sea should be filled with an absolutely fantastic amount of these miniature organisms.
However, nontransgenic parr demonstrated greater nest fidelity than transgenic parr during all the comparisons save one; nest fidelity was similar during the postspawn period of spawn A (Table 4).
Driven by endogenous and exogenous factors, the greatest levels of antioxidants are timed to the periods of spawning and active feeding.
Despite these differences in the timing of spawning, relative common spawning periods between both genders were observed on the Mutriku coast (i.e., early summer in the first studied year and from spring to late summer in the following year).
Mean size of spawning fish has varied over the time period (Fig. S2).
The second spawning period observed in Bidasoa estuary during the fall of 2010, may also be related to the high presence of spawning individuals analyzed throughout both studied years (Fig. 7).
During spawning the scale margins erodes, making it possible to identify years of spawning.
The largest suspended particles are observed during the period of active spawning when both live and rotting salmon modify instream conditions.
Last year saw the completion of a rare blood moon tetrad, with four total lunar eclipses occurring in an 18-month period, spawning an array of theories about how it signaled the end of the world.
