Sentence examples for spawning patterns from inspiring English sources

She studies the spawning patterns of the fish, the conditions in which they like to feed and what colors of bait they like.

But the project has been criticized by scientists who are concerned that the dam may disturb spawning patterns and lead to the extinction of many species of fish that have for centuries been the main source of protein for millions of people along the river's banks.

Therefore, movement and spawning patterns of C. rotundicauda may be very different from those of other species in higher latitudes and different habitats (Cartwright-Taylor et al. 2012).

Information from concurrent ichthyoplankton and adult surveys conducted between Port Stephens, New South Wales and South East Cape, Tasmania during January 2014 was used to assess the environmental factors that determine the spawning patterns of Jack Mackerel.

Thereafter, it took almost a century before these patterns were clearly identified in data, sparked by Ricker's (1981) study of declining sizes of Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. returning to spawn; patterns he could not explain by any concurrent environmental trend but that were consistent with evolutionary change driven by the size-selective fishery.

The daily spawning pattern of the European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, was assessed using a novel methodology that included the analysis of the hourly distribution of imminent and recent spawning stages using a combination of generalised additive models (GAMs) and of multinomial models for ordinal categorical data.

This suggests that genetic isolation among M. cephalus species is maintained by spatial and temporal differences in spawning migration patterns.

Believing that she was guided by a spirit called Myrninerest, Gill spent all hours of the night making drawings of anxiety-stricken women swallowed up by ornate fashions that spawned kaleidoscopic patterns stretching to the papers' edges. .

The proliferation of LAN gaming centers exemplifies how modern technology and urbanization have spawned new patterns of behavior and foci of TB transmission.

The researchers hope that further study of the finding – off Hamada at about 120 meters deep – may provide clues regarding migratory patterns and spawning.

Reproductive strategies in fish vary greatly including aspects such as attraction, gonochorism and sex change, synchronous and asynchronous ovarian development, spawning temporal and spatial patterns and parental care [ 26, 27].