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Semelparous organisms produce all their offspring in a single group. They reproduce only once duriong their lifecycle and often die afterward. Opposite of Iteroparous. Iteroparous Iteroparous organisms produce offspring in successive, eg. ...

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semelparous - Search Results - MSN Encarta (113 words)
	Semelparous species, such as salmon, spawn once in a lifetime and immediately and die.
	An actographic study of diel activity in the semelparous polychaete Nereis (Neanthes) virens Sars in relation to the annual cycle of growth.
	Loliginidae) has an annual life-cycle and is semelparous (Lum-Kong et al.

semelparous - Search Results - MSN Encarta (143 words)
	The Macrouridae in general are thought to have low resilience; commercially exploited species may be overfished and this could soon lead to a...
	Perennials that flower and fruit only once and then die are termed monocarpic or semelparous.
	Chinook salmon are anadromous (adults migrate from a marine environment into the fresh water streams and rivers of their birth) and semelparous (spawn only once and then die)

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