Representatives of this order are frequent, and sometimes dominant, members of a variety of ecological communities.
Dominant members of a group often unduly influence the outcome of a consensus forecast.
Two of these galaxies are rather isolated while the other two are the dominant members of small groups.
Microorganisms belonging to Enterobacter, Desulfovibrio and Enterococcus, which are capable of bidirectional extracellular electron transfer, were found to be the dominant members in all biofilms.
A DNA array was developed from extensive clone library sequence data sets for the assessment of dominant members of mycorrhizal fungi that associate with terrestrial orchid species.
Given this commanding appearance, it is easy to assume that the large males are the dominant members of the pod, but this is not true.
Environmental samples taken from a mineral oil-contaminated site and from a kerosene-contaminated site demonstrated relatively simple Acinetobacter 16S rRNA gene fingerprints with A. lwoffii and A. johnsonii as dominant members.
Our results reveal a highly structured community assembly in coral host Symbiodinium associations and suggest functional importance of the Symbiodinium community as the sum of all of its members, not only of the most dominant members.
The last two families are of purely scientific interest; the dominant members of the order, in abundance and therefore in economic importance, are the herrings, sardines, pilchards, menhadens, sprats, anchovies, and anchovetas.
Dominant members of a group, such as senior executives, often unduly influence the outcome of a team forecast; they could not do this if each person had to submit his or her own forecasts.
Dominant members of each sex have the first choice of favoured foods and mating partners; they also keep order within the troop, chasing and threatening subordinates that are fighting or otherwise causing a disturbance.
