Sentence examples for spawning activity from inspiring English sources

Close observations of the spawning activity in these tanks revealed that sexually compromised males actively participated in the spawning act, chasing females and competing with the healthy males for proximity to the females as they spawned.

These differences may be related to spawning activity.

Samples were unbiased with respect to sex, spawning activity and size.

In accordance with the existing research, sediment concentration, light conditions, and water depth interact in triggering spawning activity.

There is therefore a need for updated information on cod spawning activity and specific locations of spawning grounds in the area.

This conforms with other studies where accumulations of proteins in bivalve tissue are simultaneously an indicator to maturation of gonads (Devi et al. 1985; Kreeger 1993; Rivonker and Parulekar 1995), and as a reserve prior to spawning activity (Nagabhushnam and Mane 1978; Gabbott and Peek 1991).

In Europe, it has been well established, the spawning activities of oysters reach their peak at the time of the spring tides, which come about two days after the full or the new moon.

The final water level increase in the autumn had obvious effects on spawning activities ([Yangtze Aquatic Resources Survey Group 1988]).

It has also been reported that, the largest spawning activities in horseshoe crabs occur primarily at night, which also fits well with their nocturnal behaviour and biological activities (Barlow 1981).

Sample collection periods occurred after spring freshets in July (pre-spawn) and following spring Chinook salmon spawning activities from 15 September to 15 October (post-spawn).

That authority, Holdren explained, extends to a bilateral agreement on scientific cooperation that Holdren and China's science minister signed in January that builds upon a 1979 pact that has spawned activities between many U.S. agencies and their Chinese counterparts.