The unprecedented die-off represents roughly 90 percent of the eastern Bering Sea population

The unprecedented die-off represents roughly 90 percent of the eastern Bering Sea population

  • AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de
    10·
    1 year ago

    They probably lay 100.000 eggs because only 100 make it into adulthood and the others don’t hatch, get eaten, sick or starve before…

    • The_v@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      In a stable population, 2 would make it to adulthood every generation. If an adult female produces eggs for 10 years, that’s 1:500K make it to adulthood. The ocean has a lot of hungry mouths.