The phrase "a pattern of depletion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing trends or behaviors that indicate a reduction or loss of resources, energy, or other elements over time.
Example: "The study revealed a concerning pattern of depletion in the local fish population, prompting immediate conservation efforts."
Alternatives: "a trend of reduction" or "a cycle of loss."
Narendran et al (2005) found significant upregulation of D1 availability in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), consistent with a pattern of dopamine depletion, although the degree of D1 receptor ligand binding in DLPFC was not significantly correlated with performance on an n-back working memory task.
We note that a pattern of serial depletion and substitution of other species within each investigated taxonomic group could mask peaks in catch [21] causing us to underestimate the rapid development of fisheries.
We were interested in testing whether some invertebrate fisheries followed a pattern of spatial expansion and depletion over time as has been shown for sea urchins [5].
The 'X' pattern of depletion seen at these sites resembles that for known nucleosome depleted regions, such as those around binding sites for the Reb1 and Abf1 transcription factors.
The pattern of depletion and accumulation of some macro- and micronutrients differed also between cropping systems (i.e. monoculture, mixed culture, narrow crop rotations) as well as among soil management strategies (i.e. tillage, no-tillage).
The same pattern of depletion and repopulation was recently shown in the bone marrow as well [ 6].
No conclusive pattern of depletion was found in Gammaproteobacteria, as only one of the two methods indicates underrepresentation of these two motifs.
Among the high-confidence shRNAs/phenotypes, several shRNAs targeting known oncogenes showed the anticipated pattern of depletion (i.e. knockdown reduces growth fitness).
The pattern of depletion did vary across the two experiments, and this could potentially undermine the validity of direct comparisons between the two experiments.
Superimposed on this distribution, rewards per flower vary greatly between plants of a single species and between flowers on a single plant owing to genetic and environmental influences on reward production rates and also in response to the pattern of depletion of rewards by foragers' (for detailed literature see Goulson, 1999).
