Sentence examples for maximum shell size from inspiring English sources

In the rocky reef habitat of Osprey Reef at 200 m depths and with a relatively small maximum shell size daytime crypsis may be ideal.

Salinity had a small but statistically significant effect on the size of barnacles (maximum shell diameter, as described by parameter a in the growth model; Figure  2) from all three tested populations (F = 3.362, P = 0.0497; Additional file 1: Table S3 and Figure  3a).

The chaetae of M. burgessensis, in respect to shell size are remarkably long (maximum length 11.7 mm).

Maximum shell length to 55.3 mm, height to 30.8 mm, width to 19.1 mm (Table 1).

2067 captured individuals were measured for maximum shell diameter.

We interpret PC2 as describing variability in shell shape, essentially independent of shell size.

Since shell size was the same for all starting samples, the final mean shell height for a locality is a measure of shell growth.

This hypothesis is rejected if tick shells in different biogeographic provinces do not differ in shell size.

To characterize shell size, we conducted a principal components analysis of log10-transformed linear shell measurements.

Measured shell strength (in MPa) was further normalised by dividing by the maximum shell diameter of each individual barnacle.

The chaetae of Terebratalia and Liothyrella however are short relative to shell size, approximately 20% of shell length [ 69, 73].