Life strategies of pacific salmon. Communication 1. Diversity of life forms

Abstract

Diversity of life strategies of pacific salmon (gen. Oncorhynchus) is reviewed on the basis of published data. Cases of polycyclicity and changes in life strategy during the ontogenesis are described.

Keywords

• pacific salmon
• oncorhynchus
• life strategy
• life form
• anadromous species
• precocious anadromous form
• resident form
• precocious parr