spawning bed
Aquatic egg site
A spawning bed is an area where fish deposit and fertilize their eggs, typically a shallow stretch of gravel or sand in a river or lake bottom.
Fish like salmon and bass clear debris and fan the substrate to create these nests.
The term extends to any location where aquatic creatures congregate to reproduce: The trout were protecting their spawning beds.
- fryCook in hot fat
- riffleRapid page flipping
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- sandFine rock particles
seabed · eggs · egg laying · lay · substrate · river bottom · salmon · salmon run · streambed · pebbles · flow · trout · hatching · fertilization · incubation · fishing ground · water · seafloor
spawning bedopen water
Unobstructed body navigable freely
deep water · open ocean · offshore waters · the deep · oceanic trench
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