Fertilized eggs in redd develop into embryos Fry feed on aquatic and riparian terrestrial invertebrates Nutrients and energy enrich freshwater food web B C D Most sockeye A Pink, chum, some chinook Coho and some masu, steelhead, chinook, and sockeye Fry migrate to freshwater lakes Fry migrants smoltify Smolts migrate to ocean Smolts migrate to ocean Fry dis p e rs e Rainbow and resident masu Coastal juveniles reside on shelf for several months Adults spawn in their natal freshwater habitat Alevins emerge from redds Stream parr spend 1–5 years in streams Lake juveniles spend 1–2 years in lakes Estuarine juveniles move into deeper water Resident subadults remain in freshwater Anadromous adults move upstream Marine subadults mature during 1–5 years in the ocean Spawned-out carcasses Steelhead repeat spawners return to ocean as kelts originally appeared in Atlas of Pacific Salmon (X. Augerot) ©2005 State of the Salmon Consortium artwork by Kate Spencer Salmon Life Cycle Learn more at wildsalmoncenter.org