The diagrams below show the life cycle of a species of large fish called salmon.

The diagram illustrates the development of a

salmon

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from

egg

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during its life cycle.

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there are three distinct stages illustrated in the process, commencing with producing eggs in the upper

river

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and ending with the development of an adult

salmon

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. The first

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is when the

salmon

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eggs have been laid among small stones and reeds in the

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upper

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. These natural boundaries are needed to protect them from predators and rising temperatures.

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stage

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continues approximately from five to six months. The next step

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this

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is fry, which is from three to eight cm, immigrates to the

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lower

river

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where it changes its

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from blue to turquoise,

grows

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the

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lengths from twelve to fifteen cm.

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this

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stage

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, it’s called smolt and it resides

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four years. Gradually, the smolt travels to the open sea where its body becomes bigger from seventy to

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cm and

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the color

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color

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is transformed to

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grey, it is done to survive

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it travels. Adult

salmon

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lives

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here for around five years after which it returns to the upper

river

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to produce eggs on the final

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. Having completed all these steps, the lifecycle will

then

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begin again.