The phrase "and a consequent decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that one event or change leads to a reduction in something else.
Example: "The new policy has led to increased efficiency and a consequent decrease in operational costs."
Alternatives: "resulting in a decrease" or "leading to a reduction".
A direct correlation was observed between the amounts of dsRNA ingested and a consequent decrease in the abundance of MpNav mRNA transcript.
In the laser processed multilayer coating a compositionally graded nature was successfully achieved, however, with severe cracking and a consequent decrease in the flexural strength of the coating.
Indentations along the prism vertical edges produce an increase of the mean wake width and a consequent decrease of both the vortex shedding and intermediate frequencies, whereas the low-frequency fluctuations are not affected.
The rapid pH depletion could have caused a metabolic alteration of the microorganisms involved in hydrogen production, thereby resulting in the shift of intermediates production pathway [variation of the acetate/butyrate (HAc/HBu) ratio] and a consequent decrease in hydrogen production.
These data point to the replacement of salinization/solonization around the saline lakes to the solodization process in the studied soils, with leaching of exchangeable bases, their substitution by Al3 + and H+ and a consequent decrease in pH, first at shallow depths and later in the whole profile.
In addition, hydrogen evolution and a consequent decrease in current efficiency were observed.
Conifer specialists suffer from the loss and poor quality of needles, and the consequent decrease in abundance of their invertebrate food.
Application of TPOMW onto soils results in an increase in fungal diversity and in a consequent decrease in bacterial diversity [ 72].
Gaussian model deals dispersion of air pollutants as being carried downwind in a definite plume, under vertical and horizontal mixing in the neighboring atmosphere: the plume of air pollutants diffuses vertically and horizontally, with a consequent decrease in concentration as it moves downwind.
Zinc and lead have a significant toxic effect on soluble proteins present in L. minor, and hence, leads to a consequent decrease in soluble protein with an increase in the concentration of metal and stress.
The rationale to use 18F-FDG in the assessment of tumor response to therapy relies on the fact that conventional cytotoxic agents, by inducing cell death, cause a reduction of cell viability and glucose demand with a consequent decrease of 18F-FDG uptake that may precede tumor shrinkage as assessed by morphovolumetric criteria.
