The study also found a fitness tradeoff at age of spawning for
single spawners.
Single spawners die after reproduction, so they give everything they have to their one batch of eggs.
Repeat spawners make the dangerous journey from the ocean to their freshwater spawning grounds multiple times throughout their lives, while
single spawners take the risk only once.
Not exact matches
The findings show that
single spawning fish are more successful than first - time repeat
spawners their age, pointing to a tradeoff between mortality and reproduction.