Sentence examples for mean egg densities from inspiring English sources

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

In cases where visual inspection indicated a non-linear effect of density on mean egg mass weight, we added density as a second-order polynomial term and tested whether the reduced or the full model provided a better fit using partial F statistics [ 36].

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.

The density of infection, expressed by mean egg counts per gramme (epg) paralleled the prevalence data (Table 4).

Mean egg weight was calculated taking the mean egg diameter value (2.3 mm) from Frost and Kipling (1967) assuming a spherical shape and a specific density of 1.0 g cm−3.

Here, we show that correcting egg number and mean egg mass by female weight at egg laying allowed the detection of negative associations between egg quantity and quality and between egg quantity and egg care.

The mean egg count of S. haematobium egg-positive children was 39.2 eggs per 10 ml urine (standard error of the mean - SEM ± 11.67).

Sixteen trials reported egg counts as geometric mean egg counts, four trials as arithmetic mean egg counts, three trials reported both.

Shaw and Moss [ 23] found that egg densities were linearly correlated with worm burdens in Red Grouse.

In general, clutch size and mean egg size across all eggs within the clutch (excluding runt eggs, discussed below) were used in analyses.

Overall, there was no association between egg number, mean egg mass and the relative weight loss by mothers during the period of egg care (Table  1A).