Sentence examples for be competent to settle from inspiring English sources

The maximum time larvae can survive in the water column (and still be competent to settle and metamorphose) affects the capacity for long-distance dispersal, and broadcast spawners have a wide range of maximum competence periods.

Larvae of both species, however, are competent to settle in less time [19], [20].

Following this same modeling exercise, more settlement in southern reserve and fishing areas (Las Conchas/Los Tanques) compared to northern ones would only be evident if larvae were competent to settle no more than two days after release.

The distributions of these species, and heritable diversity within each, are largely determined through abiotic mechanisms because the sole mechanism of dispersal is the planktotrophic larval stage, which may require 4 6 weeks of development before an individual is competent to settle.

Similarly, it has to be competent to be credible.

However, larvae of both species are planctonic and competent to settle in >1 week [19], [20].

"I am not sure I am competent to do that.

He's competent to make that decision.

And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory".

Interestingly, the number and position of these apical serotonergic somata varies over time as well as between individuals with a maximum of seven being present in specimens competent to settle.

Also, we note that non-fed planulae of the related species, Pocillopora damicornis, are able to settle after 2 hrs in the laboratory, but ∼5% of the planulae can remain competent to settle for >103 days after release from the parental colony [38].