Sentence examples for mean egg concentrations from inspiring English sources

For guillemot from different North Atlantic locations (Iceland, Faroe Islands, and three Norwegian sites) [65] and fulmars from Faroe Islands [61], mean egg concentrations of 5.9 to 38 ng BDE-47/g lw are reported for years 2000 to 2003 with highest levels in Iceland.

At both North Sea locations, PFOA was the dominating PFCA with mean egg concentrations of 17 ± 20 ng/g ww (range 2 to 74 ng/g) at Trischen and 18 ± 25 ng/g ww (range 3 to 118 ng/g) at Mellum [see Table S5 in Additional file 1].

Finally, we did not find any significant covariance between mean egg mass, carotenoid concentration and lysozyme concentration (P>0.5).

Despite the difference in groups, this in vitro bioassay showed a significant reduction in the mean egg development output after exposure to concentrations of the active compounds 3d and 3f.

The mean helminth eggs concentration of irrigation water from all farming sites exceeded the WHO (1989) guide value of < 1 egg 1000 ml−1 for unrestricted irrigation except Mekanissa.

Site wise, the highest mean helminth eggs concentration (3.7 helminth eggs 100 g−1) was detected from Lafto farming site, while the lowest (0.8 helminth eggs 100 g−1) was from Akaki 08 farming site.

Analysis of variance revealed that the mean helminth eggs concentration (3.1 eggs 1000 ml−1) found in irrigation water of Lekunda farming site was significantly higher than that of Mekanissa but statistically similar (P > 0.05) with the mean values of the other farming sites.

Plasma carotenoid concentrations were also higher in females with higher mean egg volume but unrelated to clutch volume (Pearson correlations; mean egg volume, r = 0.50, P = 0.008, N = 27; clutch volume, r = 0.31, P = 0.120, N = 26; Fig.  4).

Each experimental tank was stocked with 1 kg of eggs, and the mean number of eggs (1,400,000) was estimated, by measuring the mean egg diameter, with a mean initial rearing density of 88 larvae l−1.

At the Baltic Sea location, PFCA egg concentrations were generally lower.

Mean egg densities was 1.34 ± 0.16 g/cm3 and 1.20 ± 0.07 g/cm3 for normal and large eggs, respectively.