Sentence examples for a proxy for fishing from inspiring English sources

In nonspawning years, r is a proxy for fishing mortality because dead encounters in the lake will almost exclusively relate to fisheries.

Exposure to di- ortho PCBs as well as PBDEs may be a proxy for fish consumption since fish is the major contributor to the dietary intake of these substances in the Swedish population [ 16].

The positional coordinates of each fish were used to calculate the timing and proportion of time fish were out of cover and, as a proxy for social attraction, the fish's average distance to the partner's compartment (see Fig. 1a).

In order to obtain a comprehensive measure to quantify the consequences of marine fishing activities at an ecosystem level, the total losses in secondary production, due to fishing was recently formulated integrating previous analyses [5], [8], [11] and proposed as a proxy for evaluating the ecosystem impacts of fishing [10].

In the fictive swimming paradigm [ 21, 22], the periodic bursting of peripheral motor nerves is recorded as a proxy for intended swims of the fish.

We are using fish consumption as a proxy for PCB exposure while simultaneously assessing the effect of fish consumption on pregnancy outcomes such as gestation and birth size.

Thus, we decided to use TOP1 FISH as a proxy for Top1 IHC.

A greater imprecision (and lower reliability ratio) would seem plausible for the questionnaire response on fish dinners as a proxy for nutrient intakes.

In order to measure how phytoestrogen exposure affected levels of endogenous hormones testosterone and 17 β-estradiol excretion, we used a noninvasive technique commonly used in B. splendens and other fish to provide a proxy for plasma hormone levels [ 44].

Diet and fish consumption may be a proxy for factors that have effect on mental well-being particularly in men.

We use the spatial guilds that the fishes belong to as a proxy for traits; this is explained further in the methods section.