The diagram below shows the life cycle of a salmon, from egg to adult fish. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features. Make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram depicts the life cycle of a

salmon

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dividing it into different stages, from its egg

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to adulthood.

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,

salmon

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fishes

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go through six main phases to fully grow from their hatching period and they spend their lives in three distinct locations:

river

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, estuary and ocean. Adult

salmon

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fishes

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spawn and incubate eggs in the rivers.

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, the life cycle of a

salmon

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springs from the incubation

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in a

river

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. After emerging from eggs, the infant

salmon

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spend their next

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in freshwater and

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phase is called emergence.

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, they stay in freshwater to grow

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.

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, these

fishes

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swim to

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estuaries where their rearing continues. At

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stage

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, their size becomes a bit larger. Afterwards, the maturing

fishes

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migrate to the ocean and become adults.

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, grown-up salmons move to the

river

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for spawning and lay eggs.

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, the life cycle of the next generation starts over.