Sentence examples for mature shell from inspiring English sources

Using the mean growth rate and assuming linear growth of 0.0614mm day−1, the estimated time to reach maturity for males and females of mean mature shell length is 16.5 years and 14.5 years respectively.

The mature shell is typically 15-31 cm in length, while the maximum reported size is 35.2 cm.

No circumferential size data are reported for hatchlings, and other growth studies, with the exception of Saunders', did not record mature shell circumference.

Relative annual growth provides a measure of growth rate as a function of body size; an especially useful tool for comparing Nautilus pompilius from geographically isolated regions where mature shell sizes differ markedly.

Past studies have shown the genetic variation in broadly separated geographic populations and morphological descriptions detail the variability in mature shell length, color patterns, radula structure and hood and tentacle sheath form of N. pompilius [29].

Given that traditional taxonomic classifications completely relied upon characters of the mature shell, unrecognized ELs had to be expected.

The Shematrin family is currently known to encode 7 proteins with similar C-terminal motifs which terminate in a tyrosine residue and are expressed in the mantle edge, apparently localised to the prismatic layer of the mature oyster shell [ 14].

Groups of 210 sexually mature snails (shell height > 20 mm, age > 18 months) were exposed to nominal BPA concentrations of 0, 0.15, 0.25 0.55, 0.5, and 1 μg/L for 6 months (from September to March) in charcoal-filtered tap water at 22 ± 1°C.

Generation after generation of oyster larvae rooted themselves on layers of mature oyster shells for more than 7,000 years until enormous underwater reefs were built up around nearly every shore of greater New York.

This is now history, as mean, ugly, destructive behavior prevails, So here it is in a nut-shell: Mature people know how to work hard, but accept and learn to live with certain dreams that may never come true.

It is surmised that the hydroid benefits from a solid substrate on which to live, and although the scallop benefits from the protection from predators provided by the stinging cells of the hydroid, it is disadvantaged by the failure of its larvae to establish themselves in their preferred location, on the shells of mature scallops.